Spiritual Meaning of GENESIS 36:6-8
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AC 4645. Verses 6-8, And Esau took his women, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his acquisition, and all his beast, and all his purchase, which he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went into a land from before Jacob his brother, For their substance (conquisitio) was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their acquisitions, And Esau dwelt in Mount Seir; Esau he is Edom. "And Esau took his women, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his acquisition, and all his beast, and all his purchase, which he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went into a land from before Jacob his brother," signifies all things of Divine good and the derivative truth which He nevertheless had, with which there was correspondence in heaven, and from which is heaven, (withdrawing from Jacob for the sake of the representation); "for their substance was too great," signifies Oh account of infinity; "for them to dwell together," signifies the representatives; "and the land of their sojourning could not bear them because of their acquisitions," signifies that all things cannot be described; "and Esau dwelt in Mount Seir" signifies the truth of natural good; "Esau he is Edom," signifies the Lord‘s Divine Human.

Author:  E. Swedenborg (1688-1772).

Design:  I.J. Thompson, Feb 2002.

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