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Genesis 33:20

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20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.

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Arcana Coelestia #4398

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4398. Where he had stretched his tent. That this signifies what is holy, is evident from the signification of a “tent,” as being what is holy (see n. 414, 1102, 2145, 2152, 3210).

  
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