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Genesis 28:17

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17 And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.

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Arcana Coelestia #3674

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3674. And Isaac sent away Jacob. That this signifies the beginning of manifestation [existentia] is evident from the fact that Jacob now begins to represent the good of truth, thus the beginning of the manifestation of the Lord’s Divine natural; for this is contained in what follows concerning the sojourning of Jacob with Laban. Wherefore by “Isaac sent away Jacob” is signified the beginning of manifestation.

  
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