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Hesekiel 27:16

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16 Aram trieb Handel mit dir wegen der Menge deiner Erzeugnisse; mit Karfunkeln, rotem Purpur und Buntwirkerei und Byssus und Korallen und Rubinen bezahlten sie deinen Absatz.

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Haran

  

'Haran,' as mentioned in Genesis 12:5, signifies an obscure state.

In Genesis 11:28, this signifies inward idolatrous worship.

In Genesis 28:10, this signifies external good and truth.

In Genesis 29:4, this signifies collateral good of a common stock.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1367, Genesis 11)


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Genesis 12:5

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5 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls whom they had gotten in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. Into the land of Canaan they came.