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Γένεση 31:48

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48 Και ειπεν ο Λαβαν, Ο σωρος ουτος ειναι σημερον μαρτυριον μεταξυ εμου και σου· δια τουτο εκαλεσθη το ονομα αυτου Γαλεεδ,

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4196

Studere hoc loco

  
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4196. And Jacob called it Galeed. That this signifies its quality on the part of the good of the Divine natural, is evident from the representation of Jacob, as being the Lord’s Divine natural, as frequently shown above. In the Hebrew idiom, or in that of Canaan, whence Jacob came, “Galeed” means “a heap” and “a witness,” or a “witness heap.” What a “witness heap” is in the internal sense, now follows.

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