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Bereshit 30:18

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18 ותאמר לאה נתן אלהים שכרי אשר נתתי שפחתי לאישי ותקרא שמו יששכר׃

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Arcana Coelestia #4035

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4035. 'The man became very very prosperous' means multiplication, that is to say, of good and truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'becoming prosperous' as being multiplied. A multiplication into something immense is meant by 'very very'.

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

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Genesis 30:33

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33 So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen."