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1 Mose 24:7

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7 Jehova, der Gott des Himmels, der mich aus dem Hause meines Vaters und aus dem Lande meiner Verwandtschaft (O. Geburt; wie Kap. 11,26) genommen und der zu mir geredet und der mir also geschworen hat: Deinem Samen will ich dieses Land geben! der wird seinen Engel vor dir hersenden, daß du meinem Sohne von dannen ein Weib nehmest.

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Arcana Coelestia #3258

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3258. Verse 11 And so it was after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelt in 1 Beer Lahai Roi.

'So it was after the death of Abraham' means after the state and period of the representation of the Lord by means of Abraham. 'That God blessed Isaac his son' means the start of the representation of the Lord by means of Isaac. 'And Isaac dwelt in Beer Lahai Roi' means the Lord's Divine Rational dwelling in Divine light.

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1. literally, with

  
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