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1 Mose 24:52

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52 Da diese Worte hörte Abrahams Knecht, bückte er sich vor dem Herrn zur Erde

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Arcana Coelestia #3055

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3055. Without the city. That this signifies removal from doctrinal things, is evident from the signification of a “city,” as being doctrine (see n. 402, 2449); thus “without the city” evidently means outside of doctrinal things; thus removal from them.

  
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Genesis 24:16

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16 The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.