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Génesis 31:41

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41 Así he estado veinte años en tu casa: catorce años te serví por tus dos hijas, y seis años por tu ganado; y has mudado mi salario diez veces.

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Arcana Coelestia #4144

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4144. 'And now you have surely gone' means that, acting from its proprium, it had separated itself. This is clear from the meaning of 'surely going' as being separated - this separation, it is evident, being in the proprium.

  
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