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1 Mose 24:42

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42 Also kam ich heute zum Brunnen und sprach: HERR, Gott meines HERRN Abraham, hast du Gnade zu meiner Reise gegeben, daher ich gereiset bin,

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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 47:31

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31 Er aber sprach: So schwöre mir! Und er schwur ihm. Da neigete sich Israel auf dem Bette zu den Häupten.