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Genesis 24:14

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14 Ad-aṇsəya iyyat daɣ-asnat ad-i-du-takfu ətəkin-net ad-aššwa, as d-i-təṇṇa: " Yay ašəw, amaran ad-əššašwa olaman-nak tolas.", ad-əṣṣənaɣ as ənta a təfrana y əkli-nnak Isxaq. S asaway di ad-əṣṣəna as təsiṃatakwaya əlluɣ-nak i məšš-i.»

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Arcana Coelestia #3105

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3105. 'And two bracelets' means Divine Truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'bracelets' as truth, and here as Divine Truth since the subject in the internal sense is the Lord. The word 'two' is used because what is complete is then meant. The reason those bracelets were, placed over a bride's hands was that 'the bride' meant the Church and 'her hands' the powers derived from truth - 'the hands' having reference to truth, see 3091. That 'bracelets' means such things may be seen in Ezekiel 16:11-12, dealt with above in 3103, and again in the same prophet, in 23:42. Furthermore 'bracelets' were intended not only for a bride but also for a king, though a king wore them on his arm, as is clear in 2 Samuel 1:10, the reason being that kingship represented and also meant Divine Truth, which was the Lord's, 1672, 1728, 2015, 2069, 3009, and 'arm' meant power, 878.

  
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Isaiah 45:11-12

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11 Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!

12 I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and I have commanded all their army.