2178. 创世记 18:7. 亚伯拉罕又跑到牛群里, 牵了一只又嫩又好的牛犊来, 交给仆人, 仆人急忙预备好了.

“亚伯拉罕又跑到牛群里” 表属世良善. “牵了一只又嫩又好的牛犊来” 表理性给自己所取的适合的属天-属世之物, 为的是它可以将自己与来自神性的直觉结合起来. “交给仆人, 仆人急忙预备好了” 表这良善与理性良善的结合, “仆人” 在此是指属世人.

Like other common verbs, the meaning of "give" in the Bible is affected by context: who is giving what to whom? In general, though, giving relates to the fact that the Lord provides us all with true teachings for our minds and desires for good in our hearts, and for the fact that we need to accept those gifts while acknowledging that they come from the Lord, and not from ourselves. One of the most common and significant uses of "give" in the Bible is the repeated statement that the Lord had given the land of Canaan to the people of Israel. This springs from the fact that Canaan represents heaven, and illustrates that the Lord created us all for heaven and will give us heaven if we will accept the gift.