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Now therefore swear to me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou hast sojourned.
2660. 'The matter was deeply distressing to Abraham' means the Lord's state at first when He thought about that rational being separated from Himself, namely a state when because of His love He suffered grief, as becomes clear without explanation.
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