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1 Mose 24:36

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36 Und Sara, das Weib meines Herrn, hat meinem Herrn einen Sohn geboren, nachdem sie alt geworden war; und er hat ihm alles gegeben, was er hat.

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Arcana Coelestia #3093

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3093. And she finished making him drink. That this signifies what is successive of initiation, is evident from the fact that “finished,” or “to finish,” involves the end of the act that precedes and the beginning of the act that follows, and thus what is successive; and also from the signification of “making to drink,” as being to be initiated (of which just above, n. 3092).

  
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