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Genesi 22:20

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20 E DOPO queste cose, fu rapportato ad Abrahamo: Ecco, Milca ha anch’essa partoriti figliuoli a Nahor, tuo fratello.


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2860

Studere hoc loco

  
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2860. Verses 20-23 And so it was, after these events, 1 that it was pointed out to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milkah, she also has borne sons, to Nahor your brother: Uz her firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram; and Kesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. And Bethuel begot Rebekah. These eight Milkah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

'So it was, after these events' means the thing that had been accomplished in regard to those within the Church. 'That it was pointed out to Abraham, saying' means the Lord's perception. 'Behold, Milkah, she also has borne sons, to Nahor your brother' means those outside the Church who dwell in a brotherly relationship by virtue of good. 'Uz her firstborn, Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram; and Kesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel' means various religions and the forms of worship that derived from these. 'Bethuel begot Rebekah' means from good sprang [their] affection for truth. 'These eight Milkah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother' means a second group of people who are saved.

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