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Genesis 33:4

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4 and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;

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

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Jeremiah 4:20

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20 Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, [and] my curtains in a moment.