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Genesis 18:19

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19 Jeg har jo udvalgt ham, for at han skal pålægge sine Børn og sine Efterkommere at vogte på HE ENs Vej ved at øve etfærdighed og et, for at HE EN kan give Abraham alt, hvad han har forjættet ham."


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Arcana Coelestia #2208

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2208. 'Shall I really, in truth, bear a child' means its amazement that the rational was to become Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'bearing' here in the internal sense, namely this: Since the Lord's Divine Rational is represented by 'Isaac', as stated already and as will be evident from what follows, so 'bearing' here means Isaac, that is, the Rational in that it was to become Divine, which rational truth, represented by 'Sarah', was not able to comprehend.

  
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