Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6096

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6096. 'A hundred and thirty years' means its state and essential nature. This is clear from the fact that all numbers in the Word mean spiritual realities, see 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, thus the state and essential nature of the reality under consideration. The specific number used here therefore means the state and essential nature of Jacob's life up to that point, that is, the state and essential nature of the spiritual life which the natural from the spiritual possessed at that point.


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