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Genesis 24:2

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2 And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh.

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Nursing fathers and mothers

  

In Isaiah 49:23, this signifies the intelligence and wisdom in innocence. (Arcana Coelestia 3183[4])

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Revelation 20:12

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12 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.