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1 Mose 30:6

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6 Da sprach Rahel: Gott hat mir Recht verschafft und auch auf meine Stimme gehört und mir einen Sohn gegeben! Darum gab sie ihm den Namen Dan.

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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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