Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4872

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4872. 'And she said, If you give me a pledge until you send it' means an acceptance provided it was made a certainty This is clear from the words above spoken by Tamar, 'What do you give me for coming [in] to me?' which mean a conditional acceptance to become joined, 4870. But now an acceptance provided the same was made a certainty is meant, because the purpose of the pledge was to make certain that what was promised would be given.


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