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Genesis 26:1

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1 Aga maal oli nälg pärast seda eelmist nälga, mis Aabrahami päevil oli olnud. Ja Iisak läks vilistite kuninga Abimeleki juurde Gerarisse.

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Arcana Coelestia #3461

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3461. Verses 32-33. And it came to pass in that day that the servants of Isaac came and showed him concerning the well which they had digged; and they said unto him, We have found waters. And he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day. “And it came to pass in that day,” signifies that state; “that the servants of Isaac came,” signifies things rational; “and showed him concerning the well which they had digged; and they said unto him, We have found waters,” signifies interior truths by means of these things; “and he called it Shibah,” signifies the conjunction of confirmed truth thereby; “therefore the name of the city is Beersheba,” signifies the quality of the derivative doctrine; “unto this day,” signifies the perpetuity of the state.

  
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