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Genesis 12:8

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8 En hij brak op van daar naar het gebergte, tegen het oosten van Beth-El, en hij sloeg zijn tent op, zijnde Beth-El tegen het westen, en Ai tegen het oosten; en hij bouwde aldaar den HEERE een altaar, en riep den naam des HEEREN aan.

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Arcana Coelestia #1445

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1445. Verse 7 And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, To your seed will I give this land; and there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him.

'Jehovah appeared to Abram' means that Jehovah showed Himself to the Lord when He was still a boy. 'And He said, To your seed will I give this land' means that celestial things would be granted to those who had faith in Him. 'And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him' means initial worship of His Father from the celestial, which essentially is love.

  
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