Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 2633

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2633. 'A son eight days old' means a beginning and continuation. This is clear from the meaning of 'the eighth day'- the day on which male infants were circumcised - as any beginning whatever and so the continuation of that new beginning, dealt with in 2044.


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