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εἰ μὴ ὁ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου αβρααμ καὶ ὁ φόβος ισαακ ἦν μοι νῦν ἂν κενόν με ἐξαπέστειλας τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου καὶ τὸν κόπον τῶν χειρῶν μου εἶδεν ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἤλεγξέν σε ἐχθές
Genesis 31:42
Arcana Coelestia #4123
4123. 'For seven days' means the holiness of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a way' as truth, dealt with in 627, 2333, and from the meaning of 'seven' as holiness, dealt with in 395, 433, 716, 881. Here the meaning is that there was an intense desire to be joined, that is, to join itself to the holiness of truth:
