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Genesis 28:9

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9 So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.

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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])