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Arcana Coelestia #7642

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7642. For if thou refuse to let my people go. That this signifies if they did not leave them, is evident from the signification of “to let go,” as being to leave (as frequently above); thus “refusing to let go” denotes not to be willing to leave.

  
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The Bible

 

Genesis 21:20

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20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.