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Genesis 31:53

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53 ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM *αβρααμ-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM *ναχωρ-N---GSM κρίνω-VF2-FAI3S ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C ὄμνυμι-VAI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM κατά-P ὁ- A--GSM φόβος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM *ισαακ-N---GSM

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4196

Studere hoc loco

  
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4196. 'And Jacob called it Galeed' means the nature of it on the part of the good of the Divine Natural. This is clear from the representation of 'Jacob' as the Lord's Divine Natural, often dealt with already. 'Galeed' means a heap and a witness, or a witness-heap, in the Hebrew language or language of Canaan, where Jacob came from. What a witness-heap means in the internal sense follows next.

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