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Postanak 31:42

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42 Da sa mnom nije bio Bog moga oca, Bog Abrahamov, Strah Izakov, otpravio bi me praznih ruku. Ali je Bog gledao moju nevolju i trud mojih ruku te je sinoć dosudio."

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Arcana Coelestia #4173

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4173. From my hand didst thou require it. That this signifies that it was from Him, is evident from the signification of “hand,” as being power (see n. 878, 3387), thus that it was from Him; for that which is from His own power is from Him.

  
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