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synty 12:8

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8 Sitte siirsi hän itsensä edemmä vuoren tykö, BetElistä itään päin, ja pani siihen majansa, niin että BetEl oli lännen puolella ja Ai idän puolella, ja rakensi siinä alttarin Herralle, ja saarnasi Herran nimestä.


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Arcana Coelestia #1465

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1465. Verse 11. And it came to pass, when he drew nigh to come into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold I pray, I know that thou art a woman beautiful to look upon. “And it came to pass, when he drew nigh to come into Egypt,” signifies when He began to learn; “Egypt,” as before said, means the memory-knowledge of knowledges [scientia cognitionum]; “he said unto Sarai his wife,” signifies that He so thought concerning the truths to which celestial things were adjoined; “Sarai” as a wife is the truth adjoined to the celestial things that were in the Lord; “Behold I pray, I know that thou art a woman beautiful to look upon,” signifies that truth from a celestial origin is delightful.

  
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