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Genesis 32:2

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2 And when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

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Hundred

  
"100 in Crackers" by Caleb Kerr. Copyright 2013, by photographer. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

It's a landmark for a young child to count to 100; it sort of covers all the "ordinary" numbers. One hundred is obviously significant for other groupings: 100 cents is a dollar; 100 yards is a touchdown; 100 years is a century, and the landmark for a very long life. It makes sense, then, that in the Bible, 100 represents fullness or a state of completion, or in some instances simply "much." For instance, people marvel that Abraham had Isaac when he was 100 years old; the number represents the point at which the Lord, when growing up as Jesus, united the human elements of himself with the divine elements and in a sense became "complete.

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Arcana Coelestia #4296

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4296. 'Why is it that you ask my name?' means that heaven was unwilling to reveal itself. This is clear from what has been stated and shown immediately above in 4295.

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