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Kesed, Haso, Pildas, Jidlaf ja Betuel;
2824. 'And he said, Do not put forth your hand towards the boy' means that He would not allow the temptation to go any further into Divine truth which belonged to the Rational. This is clear from the meaning of 'putting forth the hand' as temptation even to the final degree of power, dealt with just above in 2816, and from the meaning of Isaac, to whom 'the boy' refers here, as the Rational as regards Divine truth into which the temptations were allowed to go, dealt with in 2803, 2813, 2814, 2817.
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for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.
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But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
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As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.