62. The stages and states of the regeneration of man - both of mankind and of the individual person - divide into six and are called the days of his creation. Gradually from being no man at all, he first becomes something, though only little, then something more, until the sixth day is reached, when he becomes 'an image'.

2544. Verse 9 And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What have you done to us, and what sin have I committed against you, that you have brought great sin on me and on my kingdom? Deeds which ought not to be done you have done to me.

'Abimelech called Abraham and said to him' means the Lord's thought from the doctrine of faith. 'What have you done to us, and what sin have I committed against you?' means reproving Himself for having thought in this fashion. 'That you have brought great sin on me and on my kingdom' means that thereby the doctrine of faith and all matters of doctrine would be at risk. 'Deeds which ought not to be done you have done to me' means horror.