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Genesis 21:23

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23 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.

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Arcana Coelestia #2660

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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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