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Genesis 28:17

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17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

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Arcana Coelestia #3694

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3694. 'And he took one of the stones of the place' means the truths belonging to that state. This is clear from the meaning of 'the stones' as lower truths such as the natural man knows, dealt with in 643, 1298.

  
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