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1 Mose 24:36

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36 Dazu hat Sara, meines HERRN Weib, einen Sohn geboren meinem HERRN in seinem Alter; dem hat er alles gegeben, was er hat.

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Arcana Coelestia #3045

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3045. 'And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master' means that the natural man was bound, as regards its power, to the good of conjugial love. This is clear from what has been stated in 3021, where also the same words occur.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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1 Mose 48:15

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15 Und er segnete Joseph und sprach: Gott, vor dem meine Väter, Abraham und Isaak, gewandelt haben, Gott, der mich mein Leben lang ernähret hat bis auf diesen Tag,