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Genesis 34:4

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4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

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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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