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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 24:42

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42 I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go--