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Genezo 17:5

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5 Kaj via nomo ne estos plu Abram, sed via nomo estos Abraham, cxar Mi faris vin patro de multe da popoloj.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2233

Studere hoc loco

  
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2233. That a “house” denotes those who are in goods, is evident from the signification of a “house,” as being good (see n. 710, 1708, 2048). By a “house,” or those born in the house, in the abstract sense goods are in like manner signified, but as applied to man they denote all who are in good.

  
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