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1 Mózes 34:21

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21 Ezek az emberek békességesek velünk, hadd lakjanak e földön, és kereskedjenek benne, mert ímé e föld elég tágas nékik; az õ leányaikat vegyük magunknak feleségûl, és a mi leányainkat adjuk nékik.

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Arcana Coelestia #4506

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4506. 'And their asses' means the truths derived from these, namely from natural good and rational good. This is clear from the meaning of 'asses', also of 'the sons of the she-ass', as well as of 'mules', as the truths of the natural and of the rational, dealt with in 2781.

  
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