Bibliorum

Genesis 35:17

¹⁷ And it was, when it was hard for her in her giving··birth, that the midwife said to her, Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.

Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

Commentarius

Place

'A dry place,' as in Luke 11:24, signifies states of evil and falsity which are in the life of someone who does the work of repentance.

(Notae: Apocalypse Explained 731)