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1 Mose 38:4

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4 Und sie wurde abermals schwanger und gebar einen Sohn, und sie gab ihm den Namen Onan.

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Arcana Coelestia #4872

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4872. 'And she said, If you give me a pledge until you send it' means an acceptance provided it was made a certainty. This is clear from the words above spoken by Tamar, 'What do you give me for coming [in] to me?' which mean a conditional acceptance to become joined, 4870. But now an acceptance provided the same was made a certainty is meant, because the purpose of the pledge was to make certain that what was promised would be given.

  
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