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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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Arcana Coelestia #2152

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2152. 'From the tent door' means from the holiness that was the Lord's at that time. This is clear from the meaning of 'tent' as holiness, and from the meaning of 'door' as the entrance to holiness, dealt with above in 2145.

  
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