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Ɣur afel-net Mesofotami, Yaqub oṣa-ddu Šalem, aɣrəm wa n Šəkem, daɣ aṃadal ən Kanan, izzəbbat dat əɣrəm.
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Ɣur afel-net Mesofotami, Yaqub oṣa-ddu Šalem, aɣrəm wa n Šəkem, daɣ aṃadal ən Kanan, izzəbbat dat əɣrəm.
4357. 'And saw the women and their sons' means, of the affections for truth and of the truths which belong to those affections. This is clear from the meaning of 'the women', who in this case are Leah and Rachel's servant-girls, as affections for truth, dealt with in 3758, 3782, 3793, 3819, 4344, and from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373, in this case the truths which belong to those affections.
3917. 'And she gave him Bilhah her servant-girl as his wife' means that a link with the affirmative means was established. This is clear from the representation of 'Bilhah', and from the meaning of 'a servant-girl' as an affirmative means, dealt with just above in 3913; and from the meaning of 'giving as his wife' as establishing a link.