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Бытие 30:38

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38 и положил прутья с нарезкою перед скотом в водопойных корытах, куда скот приходил пить, и где, приходя пить, зачинал пред прутьями.

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Arcana Coelestia #3932

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3932. And gave her to Jacob for a woman. That this signifies that this means effected conjunction, is evident from the signification of “giving for a woman,” as being to conjoin (n. 3915, 3917).

  
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Arcana Coelestia #3917

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3917. And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for a woman. That this signifies that the affirmative means was adjoined, is evident from the representation of Bilhah, and from the signification of “handmaid,” as being an affirmative means (n. 3913); and from the signification of “giving for a woman,” as being to adjoin.

  
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