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Genesis 28:14

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14 En uw zaad zal wezen als het stof der aarde, en gij zult uitbreken in menigte, westwaarts en oostwaarts, en noordwaarts en zuidwaarts; en in u, en in uw zaad zullen alle geslachten des aardbodems gezegend worden.

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Arcana Coelestia #3715

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3715. And Jacob awoke out of his sleep. That this signifies enlightenment, is evident from the signification of “sleep,” as being an obscure state in comparison with waking, which is a lucid state; hence “to awake out of sleep,” in the spiritual sense, denotes to be enlightened.

  
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