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Genesi 16:2

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2 E Sarai disse ad Abramo: "Ecco, l’Eterno m’ha fatta sterile; deh, va’ dalla mia serva; forse avrò progenie da lei". E Abramo dette ascolto alla voce di Sarai.

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Arcana Coelestia #1938

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1938. Verse 10. And the Angel of Jehovah said unto her, In multiplying I will multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude. “The Angel of Jehovah said,” signifies the thought of the interior man; “In multiplying I will multiply thy seed,” signifies the fruitfulness of the rational man when it submits itself to the sovereign control of intellectual truth which is adjoined to good; “and it shall not be numbered for multitude,” signifies multiplication beyond measure.

  
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