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Genesis 30:33

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33 καὶ ἐπακούσεταί μοι ἡ δικαιοσύνη μου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ αὔριον ὅτι ἐστὶν ὁ μισθός μου ἐνώπιόν σου πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ ῥαντὸν καὶ διάλευκον ἐν ταῖς αἰξὶν καὶ φαιὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀρνάσιν κεκλεμμένον ἔσται παρ' ἐμοί

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Arcana Coelestia #3931

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3931. And she took Zilpah her handmaid. That this signifies an affirmative conjoining means, is evident from the signification of a “handmaid,” as being an affirmative means that is of service for the conjunction of the external man with the internal (n. 3913, 3917).

  
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