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1 Mose 24:16

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16 Und sie war eine sehr schöne Dirne von Angesicht, noch eine Jungfrau, und kein Mann hatte sie erkannt. Die stieg hinab zum Brunnen und füllete den Krug und stieg herauf.

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Arcana Coelestia # 3143

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3143. 'And there is a place for the camels' means a state for all the things which were to serve Him. This is clear from the meaning of 'a place' as a state, dealt with in 1273-1277, 1376-1381, 2625, and from the meaning of 'the camels' as general facts, dealt with in 3048, 3071, which play a subservient role, see 1486, 3019, 3020. For everything that belongs to the natural man has no other use apart from that of serving the spiritual man. This also is why male servants, female servants, camels, and asses in the internal sense mean in particular things that belong to the natural man.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 677

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677. As regards the food of someone who is to be regenerated, the situation is this: Before anyone can be regenerated he must be supplied with all those things that can serve as means - the goods and delights which constitute affections as means for the will, and truths from the Lord's Word, together also with matters of a confirmatory nature from other sources, as means for the understanding. Until a person has been supplied with these he cannot be regenerated. These are what constitute his food. This explains why a person is not regenerated until he has entered adult years. Everybody however has some particular food so to speak proper to himself, which the Lord provides for him before regeneration takes place.

  
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