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Genesis 35:20

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20 and Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which [is] the standing pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4583

Studere hoc loco

  
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4583. And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel. That this signifies the Divine natural and its state, is evident from the signification of “calling a name,” as being quality (seen. 144, 145, 1754, 2009, 2724, 3006, 3421); and from the signification of “Bethel,” as being the Divine natural (n. 4559, 4560). That it is the state of this that is referred to, is signified by “the place where God spoke with him” (as above, n. 4578).

  
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