Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 3430

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3430. Verses 22, 23 And he moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not dispute over that; and he called the name of it Rehoboth, and said, Because now Jehovah has made room for us and we shall be fruitful in the land. And he went up from there to Beersheba.

'He moved on from there' means moving on to things lower still. 'And dug another well, and they did not dispute over that' means the literal sense of the Word. 'And he called the name of it Rehoboth' means the essential nature of the truth from there. 'And said, Because now Jehovah has made room for us' means increases of truth from there. 'And we shall be fruitful in the land' means increases of good from there. 'And he went up from there to Beersheba' means that the Divine doctrine of faith came from there.


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