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Genesis 25:17

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17 And the years of Ismael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven, and decaying he died, and was gathered unto his people.

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Arcana Coelestia #3311

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3311. 'And Jacob was a blameless man' means truth. This is clear from the representation of 'Jacob' as the doctrine of natural truth, 3305, and from the meaning of 'blameless' as that which is used to refer to those governed by truth, and so to refer to truth, 612.

  
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