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Genesis 15:1

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1 After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great reward.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #1827

Studere hoc loco

  
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1827. That 'a turtle dove' means those things that are the representatives of exterior spiritual things, and 'a fledgling' those that are the representatives of interior spiritual, becomes clear from what has been stated about celestial things, the exterior things of which were meant by 'a heifer', the interior by 'a she-goat', and those that stand in between these by 'a ram'.

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