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And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.
4589. 'For this also is a son for you' means spiritual truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a son' as truth, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373, in this case spiritual truth since Benjamin is the son referred to here, who represents the spiritual of the celestial.
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