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1 Mose 30:42

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42 wenn aber das Vieh schwächlich war, legte er sie nicht hin. Also wurden die schwächlichen dem Laban und die kräftigen dem Jakob.

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Arcana Coelestia #3955

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3955. And she conceived and bare Jacob a fifth son. That this signifies reception and acknowledgment, is evident from the signification of “conceiving,” as being reception; and of “bearing,” as being acknowledgment (concerning which, n. 3860, 3868, 3905, 3911, 3919).

  
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