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Genesis 34:22

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22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

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Arcana Coelestia #4505

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4505. Their flocks and their herds. That this signifies that they destroyed rational and natural good, is evident from the signification of “flocks,” as being rational good; and from the signification of “herds,” as being natural good (see n. 2566).

  
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