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Genesis 17:22

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22 And he left off talking with him; and God went up from Abraham.

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Arcana Coelestia #2032

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2032. God said unto Abraham. That this signifies perception, is evident from the signification of “God said,” in the historic Word as being to perceive (explained before, n. 1602, 1791, 1815, 1819, 1822).

  
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