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1 Mose 24:37

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37 Und mein HERR hat einen Eid von mir genommen und gesagt: Du sollst meinem Sohn kein Weib nehmen von den Töchtern der Kanaaniter, in deren Lande ich wohne,

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Arcana Coelestia # 3015

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3015. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verse 1. And Abraham, being old, was advanced in years; 1 and Jehovah blessed Abraham in all things.

'Abraham, being old, was advanced in years' means when the state was reached in which the Lord's Human could become Divine. 'And Jehovah blessed Abraham in all things' means when all things had been rearranged by the Lord into Divine order.

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1. literally, came into days

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

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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.