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Genesi 30:8

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8 E Rachele disse: "Io ho sostenuto con mia sorella lotte di Dio, e ho vinto". Perciò gli pose nome Neftali.

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Arcana Coelestia #3955

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3955. 'And she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son' means reception and acknowledgement. This is clear from the meaning of 'conceiving' as receiving, and of 'bearing' as acknowledgement, dealt with above in 3860, 3868, 3905, 3911, 3919.

  
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