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Genesis 29:4

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4 And Jacob saith to them, `My brethren, from whence [are] ye?' and they say, `We [are] from Haran.'

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Arcana Coelestia #3785

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3785. And he said, Behold as yet the day is great. That this signifies that the state was now advancing, is evident from the signification of “day,” as being state (n. 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462); that “Behold as yet it is great,” denotes that it is advancing, is manifest from the series.

  
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