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1 Mose 28:17

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17 Und er fürchtete sich und sprach: Wie furchtbar ist dieser Ort! Dies ist nichts anderes als Gottes Haus, und dies die Pforte des Himmels.

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Arcana Coelestia #3764

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3764. And he saw. That this signifies perception, is evident from the signification of “seeing,” as being to perceive, concerning which below, at verse 32, when treating of Reuben, who was so named from “seeing.”

  
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