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Ezekiel 20:9

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9 But I did otherwise for my name's sake, that it might not be violated before the nations, in the midst of whom they were, and among whom I made myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.

Commentary

 

Hearken

  

'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. 'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection.

See Obedience.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 3684)


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Genesis 7:12

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12 The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.