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1 Mosebok 31:41

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41 I tjugu år har jag nu varit i ditt hus; jag har tjänat dig i fjorton år för dina båda döttrar och i sex år för din boskap, men du har tio gånger förändrat min lön.

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Arcana Coelestia #4087

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4087. 'And see all the he-goats mounting the flock, variegated, speckled, and mottled' means that such things were being introduced, and so that it was being endowed with them. This is clear from what has been stated just above in 4084, where similar words occur.

  
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