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1 Mose 24:60

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60 Und sie segneten Rebekka und sprachen zu ihr: Du bist unsere Schwester; wachse in viel tausendmal tausend, und dein Same besitze die Tore seiner Feinde.

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Arcana Coelestia #3135

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3135. 'He went to the men' means that it attached itself, that is to say, the affection for truth represented by 'Laban', 3129, 3130, allied itself to truth meant by 'the man', 3134, both of which were in the natural man.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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1 Mose 34:9

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9 Befreundet euch mit uns; gebet uns eure Töchter und nehmet ihr unsere Töchter