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Genesis 33:2

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2 and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.

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Arcana Coelestia #2867

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2867. Verse 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah; she too bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maakah.

'His concubine, whose name was Reumah' means gentiles whose worship was idolatrous but in whom good was present. 'She too bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maakah' means their various religions. These constitute a third group of spiritual people who are saved.

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

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Fall

  
Dempsey and Firpo, by Bellows.

Most of the time, falling means a lowering in spiritual state, from one closer to the Lord to one further. But, as with other common verbs, the meaning of "fall" is highly dependent on context in regular language, and in the spiritual sense as well. People fall on their faces in prayer, fall in battle, fall on others to attack them and fall on each other's necks in greeting. Stars fall from the sky, mountains fall on people, cities fall, and even faces fall. There's a lot of falling, in very different circumstances. When people fall on their faces in prayer -- it shows humility, and an acknowledgement of their own low state and need for the Lord's help. When they fall on each other's necks, it means a communication between the two spiritual states. At the other end of the scale, it illustrates complete spiritual destruction in the fall of a city.