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1 Mose 35:18

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18 Da ihr aber die Seele ausging, daß sie sterben mußte, hieß sie ihn Benoni; aber sein Vater hieß ihn Benjamin.

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Arcana Coelestia #4557

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4557. He and all the people that were with him. That this signifies with all that was therein, namely, that was in the natural, is evident from the representation of Jacob, who here is “he,” as being the good therein (see n. 4538); and from the signification of “people,” as being truths (n. 1259, 1260, 2928, 3295, 3581); thus the “people that were with him” denotes the truths of that good. And as all things in the natural bear relation to good and truth, by these words is here signified with all that was therein.

  
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