Genesi 20:3
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.
Arcana Coelestia #2573
2573. Verse 16. And unto Sarah he said, Behold I have given thy brother a thousand of silver; behold it is unto thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee, and with all; and she was vindicated. “And unto Sarah he said,” signifies perception from spiritual truth; “behold I have given thy brother a thousand of silver,” signifies an abundance of rational truth adjoined to celestial good; “behold it is unto thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee,” signifies that rational truths are like a covering or clothing to spiritual truths; “and with all,” signifies that so also are the derivative truths; “and she was vindicated,” signifies that thus there was no fault and no harm.
