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1 Mose 24:22

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22 Da nun die Kamele alle getrunken hatten, nahm er eine güldene Spange, eines halben Sekels schwer, und zween Armringe an ihre Hände, zehn Sekel Goldes schwer,

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #3136

Studere hoc loco

  
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3136. 'And behold, he was standing with the camels' means presence in general facts. This is clear from the meaning of 'standing with' as being present, and from the meaning of 'the camels' as general facts, dealt with in 3048, 3071.

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

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Genesis 12:13

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13 Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."