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1 Mose 31:28

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28 Und hast mich nicht lassen meine Kinder und Töchter küssen? Nun, du hast törlich getan.

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Arcana Coelestia #4134

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4134. 'And carried away my daughters' means that neither did it possess affections for truth as it had done previously. This is clear from the meaning of 'daughters', who in this case are Rachel and Leah, as affections for truth, dealt with in 3758, 3782, 3793, 3819.

  
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