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Genesis 28:2

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2 Arise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

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Arcana Coelestia #3681

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3681. 'To take a wife for himself from there' means a joining together thereby through the affection for truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a wife' as the affection for truth, dealt with in 1468, 2517, 3236. 'Taking a wife' is being joined through that affection.

  
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