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Postanak 30:9

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9 A Lija videvši gde presta rađati uze Zelfu robinju svoju i dade je Jakovu za ženu.

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Arcana Coelestia #3989

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3989. 'He said, What shall I give you?' means knowledge. This becomes clear from its being an anxious desire and a request to know what he wanted for wages and how much.

'And Jacob said' means a reply. This is clear without explanation.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Genesis 30:35

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35 That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.