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야곱이 아침에 보니 레아라 라반에게 이르되 `외삼촌이 어찌하여 내게 이같이 행하셨나이까 ? 내가 라헬을 위하여 외삼촌께 봉사하지 아니하였나이까 ? 외삼촌이 나를 속이심은 어찜이니이까 ?'
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야곱이 아침에 보니 레아라 라반에게 이르되 `외삼촌이 어찌하여 내게 이같이 행하셨나이까 ? 내가 라헬을 위하여 외삼촌께 봉사하지 아니하였나이까 ? 외삼촌이 나를 속이심은 어찜이니이까 ?'
3866. From the internal sense of the words that Leah uttered concerning Reuben when he was born, namely 'Jehovah has seen my affliction, for now my husband will love me', one may recognize which attribute of the Church is meant by Reuben or the tribe named after Reuben, namely that which is the first stage of regeneration, or that which comes first when a person becomes the Church; and that that which comes first is the truth of doctrine by means of which he is able to arrive at the good of life.