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Бытие 31:8

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8 Скажетъ ли онъ, что скотъ, который съ крапинами будетъ тебј въ награду; скотъ рождается все съ крапинами. Скажетъ ли: пестрый будетъ тебј въ награду; скотъ рождается все пестрый.

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Arcana Coelestia #4123

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4123. 'For seven days' means the holiness of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a way' as truth, dealt with in 627, 2333, and from the meaning of 'seven' as holiness, dealt with in 395, 433, 716, 881. Here the meaning is that there was an intense desire to be joined, that is, to join itself to the holiness of truth:

  
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