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Arcana Coelestia #2707

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2707. And he grew. That this signifies increase, is evident without explication.

  
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Matthew 3:3

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3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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Deuteronomy 1:31

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31 and in the wilderness, where you have seen how that Yahweh your God bore you, as a man does bear his son, in all the way that you went, until you came to this place."