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Genesis 35:1

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1 And God saith unto Jacob, `Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared unto thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother.'

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Arcana Coelestia # 4541

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4541. 'And make there an altar to the God who appeared to you' means that which is holy there. This is clear from the meaning of 'an altar' as the chief representative of the Lord, dealt with in 921, 2777, 2811, 4489. This being so, the holiness of worship is meant by 'making an altar to God'.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Seed and offspring

  

In Isaiah 65:23, 'seed' signifies divine truth, and 'offspring,' a life according to divine truth.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 768)