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Γένεση 31:8

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8 οτε ελεγεν ουτω, τα ποικιλα θελουσιν εισθαι ο μισθος σου, τοτε απαν το ποιμνιον εγεννα ποικιλα· και οτε ελεγεν ουτω, τα παρδαλα θελουσιν εισθαι ο μισθος σου, τοτε απαν το ποιμνιον εγεννα παρδαλα.

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Arcana Coelestia #4212

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4212. And they did eat bread. That this signifies the effect, namely, in the external sense friendship, and in the supreme sense conjunction by good and truth in the Lord’s natural, is evident.

  
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