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Genesis 2:24

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24 therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

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Arcana Coelestia #110

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110. Verses 11. The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone. The “first” river, or “Pishon” signifies the intelligence of the faith that is from love; “the land of Havilah” signifies the mind; “gold” signifies good; “bdellium and the onyx stone” truth. “Gold” is mentioned twice because it signifies the good of love and the good of faith from love; and “bdellium and the onyx stone” are mentioned because the one signifies the truth of love, and the other the truth of faith from love. Such is the celestial man.

  
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