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Bereshit 29:18

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18 ויאהב יעקב את רחל ויאמר אעבדך שבע שנים ברחל בתך הקטנה׃

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Arcana Coelestia #3785

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3785. And he said, Behold as yet the day is great. That this signifies that the state was now advancing, is evident from the signification of “day,” as being state (n. 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462); that “Behold as yet it is great,” denotes that it is advancing, is manifest from the series.

  
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Daniel 10:2-3

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2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.

3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.