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1 Mose 24:54

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54 Und sie aßen und tranken, er und die Männer, die bei ihm waren, und übernachteten. Und des Morgens standen sie auf, und er sprach: Entlasset mich zu meinem Herrn!

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Arcana Coelestia #3115

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3115. Also room to pass the night. That this signifies the state, is evident from the signification of “room,” as being state (see above, n. 2625, 2837); and from the signification of “passing the night,” as being to abide or have an abode (see n. 2330); here therefore there is signified the state of the affection of truth, in regard to its origin. Its origin is described by the things represented by Bethuel, Milcah, and Nahor; and its relationships by “Laban” in the verses that follow. And because this origin was obscure, its state is signified by “room to pass the night,” as also above.

  
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