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Genesis 31:50

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50 If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.

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Arcana Coelestia #4199

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4199. 'For we are going to be hidden from each other' means a separation so far as the things of the Church are concerned. This is clear from the meaning of 'to be hidden' here as separation, and from the meaning of 'from each other', as those who are inside the Church and those who are outside. They are said 'to be hidden' because they have been separated as regards good and truth, and so separated so far as the things of the Church are concerned.

  
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