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1 Mose 22:2

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2 Und er sprach: Nimm Isaak, deinen einigen Sohn, den du lieb hast, und gehe hin in das Land Morija und opfere ihn daselbst zum Brandopfer auf einem Berge, den ich dir sagen werde.

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Arcana Coelestia #2790

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2790. The place afar off. That this signifies into the state which He foresaw, is evident from the signification of “place,” as being state (see n. 1273-1277, 1376-1381, 2625); and from the signification of “seeing afar off,” as being to foresee.

  
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