Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 4829

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4829. 'Judah took a wife' means the Church which was for his descendants. This is clear from the representation of Tamar, to whom 'e wife' refers here, as the Church, dealt with below. Its being for his descendants is meant by the fact that he took her for Er his firstborn, so as to have descendants from them.


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