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synty 22:19

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19 Sitte palasi Abraham palveliainsa tykö, ja he nousivat, ja ynnä matkustivat BerSabaan. Ja Abraham asui BerSabassa.


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Arcana Coelestia #2790

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2790. 'The place from afar off' means into the state which He foresaw. This is clear from the meaning of 'place' as state, dealt with in 1273-1277, 1376-1381, 2625, and from the meaning of 'seeing from afar off' as foreseeing.

  
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