Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 5995

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5995. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verse 1 And Israel travelled on and all that he had, and he came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

'And Israel travelled on and all that he had' means the beginning of the joining together. 'And he came to Beersheba' means charity and faith. 'And offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac' means worship springing from them, and an inflowing from the Divine intellectual.


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