Arcana Coelestia #3664
3664. Go to Paddan-aram. That this signifies the knowledges of such truth, is evident from the signification of “Aram,” or “Syria,” as being knowledges (see n. 1232, 1234, 3249). That “Paddan-aram” signifies the knowledges of truth is because it was in Syria of the rivers, where Nahor, Bethuel, and Laban dwelt; and that by “Syria” are signified the knowledges of truth may be seen above (n. 3051). Paddan-aram is also mentioned above (25:20), and again below (31:18); in which places likewise it signifies the knowledges of truth.
Genesis 31:18
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and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
