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Postanak 17:23

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23 Uzme zatim Abraham svoga sina Jišmaela i sve robove koji su bili rođeni u njegovu domu i sve koje je kupio novcem - sve muške ukućane - pa ih toga istog dana obreže, kako mu je Bog rekao.

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Arcana Coelestia #3668

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3668. 'And make you fruitful and multiply you' means the goods and truths deriving from that joining together. This is clear from the use of 'being fruitful' as having reference to good, and of 'multiplying' as having reference to truth, dealt with in 43, 55, 913, 983, 2846, 2847.

  
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