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1 Mosebok 28:17

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17 Och han betogs av fruktan och sade: »Detta måste vara en helig plats, här bor förvisso Gud, och här är himmelens port

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Arcana Coelestia #3681

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3681. 'To take a wife for himself from there' means a joining together thereby through the affection for truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a wife' as the affection for truth, dealt with in 1468, 2517, 3236. 'Taking a wife' is being joined through that affection.

  
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