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1 Mose 30:37

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37 Jakob aber nahm Stäbe von grünen Pappelbäumen, Haseln und Kastanien und schälte weiße Streifen daran, daß an den Stäben das Weiß bloß ward,

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Arcana Coelestia #3977

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3977. For thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee. That this signifies labor and study by His own power, may be seen from what has been said and adduced just above (n. 3975); thus without further explication. What these things involve further, is manifest from what has been said above (n. 3974), and also from what follows.

  
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