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synty 18:30

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30 Aabraham sanoi: "Älköön Herrani vihastuko, että vielä puhun. Entä jos siellä on kolmekymmentä?" Hän vastasi: "En tee sitä, jos löydän sieltä kolmekymmentä".

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Arcana Coelestia #2199

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2199. That 'well advanced in years' means that the time was at hand follows from what has now been stated. 'A day' in the Word, as also 'a year', and indeed 'time' in general, means state, as shown in 23, 487, 488, 493, 893. Thus: here 'advanced in years' means, in the internal sense, entering that state in which He was to cast off the human, and so means that the time was at hand.

  
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