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1 Mose 24:19

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19 Und da sie ihm zu trinken gegeben hatte, sprach sie: Ich will deinen Kamelen auch schöpfen, bis sie alle getrunken.

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Arcana Coelestia # 3204

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3204. 'And she said to the servant' means investigation from the Divine Natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' here as investigating, for she asked, 'Who is that man there walking in the field?' and from the meaning of 'a servant' as the Divine Natural, dealt with above in 3191, 3192.

  
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It's common to say “I see” when we understand something. And indeed, “seeing” in the Bible represents grasping and understanding spiritual things. So it makes sense that the eyes, which allow us to see, represent the intellect, which allows us to understand spiritual things. This can also be used in the negative, of course; the Bible speaks of people having eyes and refusing to see, and the Lord when He was in the world advised plucking out an offending eye. These represent a refusal to acknowledge truth, or being misled by falsity.