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Genesis 17:17

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17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

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Arcana Coelestia #1991

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1991. And said unto him. That this signifies perception, is evident from the Lord’s perception, which was from Jehovah, spoken of before (n. 1919); also because in the internal sense “Jehovah’s saying,” or “God’s saying,” signifies to perceive (n. 1602, 1791, 1815, 1819, 1822).

  
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