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1 Mose 12:16

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16 Und er tat Abram Gutes um ihretwillen. Und er hatte Schafe, Rinder, Esel, Knechte und Mägde, Eselinnen und Kamele.

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Arcana Coelestia #1448

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1448. 'And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him' means initial worship of His Father from the celestial, which essentially is love. This is clear from the meaning of 'an altar' as the chief representative in worship, 921.

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