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1 Mose 18:32

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32 Und er sprach: Ach zürne nicht, HERR, daß ich nur noch einmal rede. Man möchte vielleicht zehn drinnen finden. Er aber sprach: Ich will sie nicht verderben um der zehn willen.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2170

Studere hoc loco

  
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2170. Verse 6. And Abraham hastened toward the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of meal of fine flour, knead, and make cakes. “Abraham hastened toward the tent unto Sarah,” signifies the Lord’s rational good conjoined with His truth; “Abraham” is here the Lord in that state as to good; “Sarah,” as to truth; the “tent,” as to the holy of love: “and said,” signifies the state of perception relatively at that time; “make ready quickly three measures of meal of fine flour, knead, and make cakes,” signifies the celestial of His love in that state; “three” denotes what is holy; “meal of fine flour,” is the spiritual and the celestial of the rational which were then with the Lord; “cakes” denote the same when both are conjoined.

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