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Bereshit 17:2

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2 ואתנה בריתי ביני ובינך וארבה אותך במאד מאד׃

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Arcana Coelestia #5375

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5375. To Joseph. That this signifies where the celestial of the spiritual was, is evident from the representation of Joseph, as being the celestial of the spiritual, as often shown above. The celestial of the spiritual is the good of truth from the Divine.

  
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Jeremiah 13:11

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11 For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so have I caused to cling to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says Yahweh; that they may be to me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.