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Genesis 24:52

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52 εγενετο δε εν τω ακουσαι τον παιδα τον αβρααμ των ρηματων τουτων προσεκυνησεν επι την γην κυριω

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #3150

Studere hoc loco

  
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3150. 'And he said, I am not eating' means refusal, that is to say, the affection for good in the natural man had not yet made those Divine things its own. This is clear without explanation.

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