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1 Mose 17:1

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1 Als nun Abram neunundneunzig Jahre alt war, erschien ihm der HERR und sprach zu ihm: Ich bin der allmächtige Gott; wandle vor mir und sei fromm.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2090

Studere hoc loco

  
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2090. 'And I will make him into a great nation' means having the enjoyment of goods, and increases in these. This is clear from the meaning of 'nations' as goods, dealt with in Volume One, in 1159, 1258-1260, 1416, 1849. Here therefore 'making into a great nation' means both the enjoyment of and increases in goods.

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