Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6010

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6010. 'And Jacob rose up' means an enlightening of natural truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'rising up' as a raising up into a state of light, thus an enlightening, dealt with in 4881; and from the representation of 'Jacob' as natural truth, dealt with above in 6001.


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