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und all ihr Vermögen und alle ihre Kinder und ihre Weiber führten sie gefangen hinweg und raubten sie, und alles, was in den Häusern war.
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und all ihr Vermögen und alle ihre Kinder und ihre Weiber führten sie gefangen hinweg und raubten sie, und alles, was in den Häusern war.
4440. And his sons were with his acquisition in the field. That this signifies his descendants-that they were in their own religiosity, is evident from the signification of his “sons,” as being his descendants; from the signification of “acquisition,” as being external truths (see n. 1435, 4391); and from the signification of a “field,” as being the church (n. 2971, 3766). Hence by “his sons were with his acquisition in the field” is signified that they were in their own religiosity; for such a kind of church as existed among the descendants of Jacob should be called a “religiosity,” because it was external worship without internal.