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Genesis 35:3

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3 Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may make there an altar to God: who heard me in the day of my affliction, and accompanied me in my journey.

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Arcana Coelestia #4569

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4569. 'Your name will no longer be called Jacob' means that it would no longer be solely external. This is clear from what has been stated immediately above and from what now follows concerning 'Israel'.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.