Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4614

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4614. 'Which is Hebron' means the state when they were joined together. This is clear from the meaning of 'Hebron' as the good of the Church, dealt with in 2909, at this point the Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Natural; for things which in the internal sense mean some aspect of the Church mean, in the highest sense, some aspect of the Lord's Divine, the reason being that everything constituting the Church originates in the Lord. The reason 'Hebron' means the state when they - the rational and the natural - were joined together is that it is the place where Isaac was, who represents the Lord's Divine Rational, also the place to which 'Jacob' came, who represents His Divine Natural and whose coming there means the joining together of the two, 4612. The names 'Mamre, Kiriath Arba, which is Hebron' are used because the Divine Natural was joined through its Good to the Good of the Rational, 'Isaac' representing the Lord's Divine Rational as regards good, 3012, 3194, 3210. 'Rebekah' however represents the same as regards truth, 3012, 3013, 3077, but no mention is made of Rebekah at this point.


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