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Genesis 35:6

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6 And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

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Genesis 35:18

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18 And it came to pass as her soul was departing -- for she died -- that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin.

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Arcana Coelestia # 4590

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4590. 'And it happened as her soul was departing, when she was about to die' means a state of temptations. This is clear from the meaning of 'the soul departing, and dying' as the final phase of temptation, which is reached when the old man dies and the new receives life. This meaning is evident from what comes before this, where it is stated that 'she suffered severely in giving birth', meaning the temptation endured by interior truth, 4586, 4587, and from what follows at verse 19, stating that 'Rachel died'.

  
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