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1 Mose 35:22

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22 Und es begab sich, da Israel im Lande wohnte, ging Ruben hin und schlief bei Bilha, seines Vaters Kebsweib; und das kam vor Israel. Es hatte aber Jakob zwölf Söhne.

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Arcana Coelestia #4562

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4562. Verse 8 And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and was buried below Bethel under an oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

'Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died' means that hereditary evil was cast out. 'And was buried below Bethel under an oak' means cast away for ever. 'And its name was called Allon Bacuth' means the essential nature of the natural which was cast out.

  
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