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Genesis 32:21

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21 So the present went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the company.

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Arcana Coelestia #4261

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4261. 'He spent that night there' means in that state of obscurity. This is clear from the meaning of 'spending the night' and also of 'night' as a state of obscurity, dealt with in 1712, 3693.

  
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