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Genesis 28:15

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15 Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."

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Arcana Coelestia #3715

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3715. 'Jacob awoke from his sleep' means enlightenment. This is clear from the meaning of 'sleep' as a state of obscurity compared to wakefulness which is a state of light; therefore 'awakening from sleep' in the spiritual sense means being enlightened.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Genesis 28:17

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17 He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."