2206. That 'Jehovah said to Abraham' means the Lord's perception from the Divine is clear from the meaning of 'saying' as perceiving, dealt with already in 1898, 1919, 2080, and from the expression 'Jehovah said', which was perceiving from the Divine, for, as shown often already, the Lord's Internal itself was Jehovah.

1898. That 'Sarai said to Abram' means that it was so perceived by Him is clear from the meaning of 'Sarai' and of 'Abram', that is to say, 'Sarai' is truth allied to good, while 'Abram' is the Internal Man. Consequently the phrase 'Sarai said to Abram' cannot in the internal sense mean any talking of one to another, but perception. At that time the Lord's perception came from truth allied to the good which served to dictate to Him what the situation was. Something similar occurs with the celestial man who receives perception, in that there is something of truth allied to good which dictates, and later on good from which, or through which, truth is perceived. 'Saying' in the internal sense means perceiving, see 1791, 1815, 1819, 1822.