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Genesis 24:47

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47 Toen vraagde ik haar, en zeide: Wiens dochter zijt gij? En zij zeide: De dochter van Bethuel, den zoon van Nahor, welken Milka hem gebaard heeft. Zo legde ik het voorhoofdsiersel op haar aangezicht, en de armringen aan haar handen;

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #3015

Studere hoc loco

  
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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.