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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 30:41

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41 It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;