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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 #3663

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3663. Arise. That this signifies provided it should elevate that good thence, is evident from the signification of “arising,” as implying some elevation (n. 2401, 2785, 2912, 2927, 3171); in the present case an elevation from such things as are signified by the “daughters of Canaan,” to such things as are signified by the “daughters of Laban,” concerning which in what follows.

  
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