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1 Mose 34:25

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25 Und am dritten Tage, da sie Schmerzen hatten, nahmen die zwei Söhne Jakobs, Simeon und Levi, der Dina Brüder, ein jeglicher sein Schwert und gingen kühn in die Stadt und erwürgten alles, was männlich war.

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Arcana Coelestia #4463

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4463. 'For that would be a reproach to us' means that it would be contrary to them. This is clear from the meaning of 'a reproach' as that which would be contrary to their semblance of religion and so contrary to them.

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