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Genesis 30:18

¹⁸ καὶ εἶπεν λεια ἔδωκεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν μισθόν μου ἀνθ' οὗ ἔδωκα τὴν παιδίσκην μου τῷ ἀνδρί μου καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ισσαχαρ ὅ ἐστιν μισθός

From Swedenborg's Works

Arcana Coelestia #4127

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4127. 'And Laban overtook Jacob' means a kind of joining together. This becomes clear from what appears above in 4124.

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.