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1 Mose 12:3

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3 Und ich will segnen, die dich segnen, und wer dir flucht, den werde ich verfluchen; und in dir sollen gesegnet werden alle Geschlechter der Erde!

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Arcana Coelestia #1454

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1454. 'And he built an altar to Jehovah' means external worship of His Father arising out of that state. This is clear from the meaning of 'an altar' as the chief representative in worship, 921.

  
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