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Genesis 28:17

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17 καί-C φοβέω-VCI-API3S καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὡς-C φοβερός-A1A-NSM ὁ- A--NSM τόπος-N2--NSM οὗτος- D--NSM οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S οὗτος- D--NSN ἀλλά-C ἤ-C οἶκος-N2--NSM θεός-N2--GSM καί-C οὗτος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF πύλη-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM

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Arcana Coelestia #3714

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3714. Verses 16-17. And Jacob awoke out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place; and I knew it not. And he feared, and said, How terrible is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. “And Jacob awoke out of his sleep,” signifies enlightenment; “and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place,” signifies the Divine in this state; “and I knew it not,” signifies in an obscure state; “and he feared,” signifies a sacred alteration; “and said, How terrible is this place,” signifies the sanctity of the state; “this is none other than the house of God,” signifies the Lord’s kingdom in the ultimate of order; “and this is the gate of heaven,” signifies the ultimate in which order closes, through which ultimate there is apparently an entrance from nature.

  
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