The Bible

Genesis 28:2

² But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

Commentary

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In Exodus 20:26, this signifies ascent from lower goods and truths to higher ones. (Arcana Coelestia 8945)

In Lamentations 4:18, this signifies leading astray by falsities so that the knowledge of how to live is lost. (Apocalypse Explained 652[10])

In Ezekiel 40:22, this signifies elevation to all the holiness of interior things. (Arcana Coelestia 8945[6])