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1 Mose 21:12

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12 Aber Gott sprach zu ihm: Laß dir's nicht übel gefallen des Knaben und der Magd halben. Alles, was Sara dir gesagt hat, dem gehorche. Denn in Isaak soll dir der Same genannt werden.

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Arcana Coelestia #2639

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2639. 'Sarah said' means perception from the Divine spiritual. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' as perceiving, dealt with quite often, and from the representation of 'Sarah' as the Divine spiritual or Divine Truth, dealt with in 2622.

  
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