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# the house of God ... the gate of heaven

The phrase "the gate of heaven" explains that this place is the entrance to "the house of God" and "the entrance to where God lives." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]])

# This is the gate of heaven

This speaks about the entrance to the place where God lives as if it were a literal kingdom that had a gate that someone has to open to let people in. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00			`# the house of God ... the gate of heaven`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The phrase "the gate of heaven" explains that this place is the entrance to "the house of God" and "the entrance to where God lives." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]])`
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
			`# This is the gate of heaven`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This speaks about the entrance to the place where God lives as if it were a literal kingdom that had a gate that someone has to open to let people in. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00