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1 Mose 31:31

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31 Da antwortete Jakob und sprach zu Laban: Weil ich mich fürchtete; denn ich sagte mir, du möchtest mir etwa deine Töchter entreißen.

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Arcana Coelestia #4193

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4193. And they did eat there upon the heap. That this signifies appropriation from good Divine, is evident from the signification of “eating together,” as being communication, conjunction, and appropriation (see n. 2187, 2343, 3168, 3513, 3596, 3832); and from the signification of a “heap,” as being good (concerning which just above, n. 4192); here, good Divine.

  
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