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1 Mose 18:16

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16 Und die Männer erhoben sich von dannen und blickten hin nach Sodom; und Abraham ging mit ihnen, sie zu geleiten.

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1 Mose 24:1

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1 Und Abraham war alt, wohlbetagt, und Jehova hatte Abraham gesegnet in allem.

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Arcana Coelestia # 2204

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2204. 'And my lord being old' means that the affection for truth was amazed that rational good to which truth was allied was also to cast off the human. This is clear from the representation of 'Abraham', to whom 'my lord' refers here, as rational good and from the representation of 'Sarah' as rational truth, dealt with above in 2198 and elsewhere; and also from the meaning of 'growing old' as casting off the human, also dealt with in 2198. Human rational good is such that it has much within it which is derived from worldly delights, for that good is formed not only from truths but also from the delights of the senses and from many other delights that exist in the world. When a person is being reformed and regenerated spiritual good is implanted by the Lord in those delights, and by means of this good that which is worldly is mellowed, and after that accordingly receives its happiness from that spiritual good. But the Lord completely expelled from the rational everything worldly and so made it Divine. And it is this that amazed rational truth meant by 'Sarah'.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.