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1 Mose 24:15

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15 Und ehe er ausgeredet hatte, siehe, da kam heraus Rebekka, Bethuels Tochter, der ein Sohn der Milka war, welche Nahors, Abrahams Bruders, Weib war, und trug einen Krug auf ihrer Achsel.

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Arcana Coelestia #3097

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3097. 'And drew for all his camels' means by which general facts were enlightened. This is clear from the meaning of 'drawing' as giving instruction and also as enlightening, dealt with in 3058, 3071, and from the meaning of 'camels' as general facts, dealt with in 3048.

  
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Leviticus 25:23

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23 "'The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.