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Genesis 2:18

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18 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM οὐ-D καλός-A1--ASN εἰμί-V9--PAN ὁ- A--ASM ἄνθρωπος-N2--ASM μόνον-D ποιέω-VA--AAS1P αὐτός- D--DSM βοηθός-N2--ASM κατά-P αὐτός- D--ASM

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Arcana Coelestia #138

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138. Verse 18. And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help as with him. By “alone” is signified that he was not content to be led by the Lord, but desired to be led by self and the world; by a “help as with him” is signified man’s Own, which is subsequently called a “rib built into a woman.”

  
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