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Genesis 32:19

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19 En hij gebood ook den tweede, ook den derde, ook allen, die de kudden nagingen, zeggende: Naar ditzelfde woord zult gij spreken tot Ezau, als gij hem vinden zult.

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Arcana Coelestia #4300

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4300. 'And the sun rose on him' means when the one kind of good was joined to the other. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sun's rising' as the joining together of the two kinds of good. 'The dawn is coming up' means the time when conjunction is at hand or just beginning, see 4283, from which it follows that 'the sun's rising' means that conjunction itself. 'The sun' in the internal sense means celestial love, 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, and consequently it means forms of good since these are attributes of that love. When celestial love reveals itself with a person, that is, when it is seen in him, the sun is said to rise on him, for the forms of good which are attributes of that love have a connection with him.

  
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