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1 Mose 30:14

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14 Und Ruben ging aus in den Tagen der Weizenernte und fand Dudaim auf dem Felde; und er brachte sie seiner Mutter Lea. Und Rahel sprach zu Lea: Gib mir doch von den Dudaim deines Sohnes.

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Arcana Coelestia #3931

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3931. 'And she took Zilpah her servant-girl' means an affirmative means through which [the external man and the internal] could be joined together. This is clear from the meaning of 'a servant-girl' as an affirmative means that serves to join the external man to the internal, dealt with in 3913, 3917.

  
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