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1 Mose 26:9

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9 Da rief Abimelech dem Isaak und sprach: Siehe, es ist dein Weib. Wie hast du denn gesagt: Sie ist meine Schwester? Isaak antwortete ihm: Ich gedachte, ich möchte vielleicht sterben müssen um ihretwillen.

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Arcana Coelestia #3409

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3409. And much service. That this signifies the truth thence derived, is evident from the signification of “service,” as being all that which is beneath, which is subordinate, and which obeys (n. 1713, 2541, 3019, 3020), thus truth, because this is from good and ministers to good; on which subject much has been said above.

  
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