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1 Mózes 22:6

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6 Vevé azért Ábrahám az égõ áldozathoz való fákat, és feltevé az õ fiára Izsákra, õ maga pedig kezébe vevé a tüzet, és a kést, és mennek vala ketten együtt.

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Arcana Coelestia #2790

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2790. 'The place from afar off' means into the state which He foresaw. This is clear from the meaning of 'place' as state, dealt with in 1273-1277, 1376-1381, 2625, and from the meaning of 'seeing from afar off' as foreseeing.

  
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