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And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and Godsaw that it was good.
2660. 'The matter was deeply distressing to Abraham' means the Lord's state at first when He thought about that rational being separated from Himself, namely a state when because of His love He suffered grief, as becomes clear without explanation.
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