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Genesis 2:19

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19 καί-C πλάσσω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἔτι-D ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN θηρίον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN πετεινόν-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ἄγω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM *αδαμ-N---ASM ὁράω-VB--AAN τίς- I--ASN καλέω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--APN καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN ὅς- --ASN ἐάν-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASN *αδαμ-N---NSM ψυχή-N1--ASF ζάω-V3--PAPASF οὗτος- D--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM

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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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