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καὶ παραλαβὼν πάντας τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ ἐδίωξεν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ὁδὸν ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ καὶ κατέλαβεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ γαλααδ
Genesis 31:23
Arcana Coelestia # 4123
4123. 'For seven days' means the holiness of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a way' as truth, dealt with in 627, 2333, and from the meaning of 'seven' as holiness, dealt with in 395, 433, 716, 881. Here the meaning is that there was an intense desire to be joined, that is, to join itself to the holiness of truth:
