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1 Mose 17:22

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22 Und er hörte auf, mit ihm zu reden. Und Gott fuhr auf von Abraham.

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Arcana Coelestia #2040

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2040. Verse 11. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and you. “Ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin,” signifies the removal of the love of self and of the world; “and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and you,” signifies a representative and significative of purity.

  
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