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1 Mose 25:8

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8 Und nahm ab und starb in einem ruhigen Alter, da er alt und lebenssatt war, und ward zu seinem Volk gesammelt.

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Arcana Coelestia #3269

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3269. 'These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names' means matters of doctrine and the essential nature of them. This is clear from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, and also as matters of doctrine, and of 'name' as the essential nature, dealt with above in 3266.

  
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