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1 Mose 17:5

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5 Und nicht soll hinfort dein Name Abram (erhabener Vater) heißen, sondern Abraham (Vater einer Menge) soll dein Name sein; denn zum Vater einer Menge Nationen habe ich dich gemacht.

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Arcana Coelestia #2084

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2084. And I will set up My covenant with him for an eternal covenant. That this signifies union, and in fact eternal union, is evident from the signification of a “covenant,” as being conjunction; and when it is predicated of the Lord, as being the union of His Divine Essence with His Human Essence, and of the Human Essence with the Divine Essence. (That a “covenant” signifies these things has been shown before, n. 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, and occasionally in this chapter.)

  
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