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1 Mosebok 35:22

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22 Og mens Israel bodde der i landet, hendte det at uben gikk avsted og lå hos Bilha, sin fars medhustru; og Israel fikk høre om det - Jakob hadde tolv sønner.

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Arcana Coelestia #4589

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4589. For this also is to thee a son. That this signifies spiritual truth may be seen from the signification of a “son,” as being truth (see n. 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373), here spiritual truth, because the “son” here is Benjamin, by whom is represented the spiritual of the celestial.

  
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