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Genesis 32:3

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3 And Jacob sendeth messengers before him unto Esau his brother, towards the land of Seir, the field of Edom,

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Arcana Coelestia #4398

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4398. 'Where he had stretched his tent' means holiness. This is clear from the meaning of 'a tent' as holiness, dealt with in 414, 1102, 2145, 2152, 3210.

  
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