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Genesis 26:16

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Arcana Coelestia #3446

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3446. Verses 26-27 And Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his companion, and Phicol the commander of his army. And Isaac said to them, For what reason have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?

'And Abimelech went to him from Gerar' means the doctrine of faith which has regard to rational concepts. 'And Ahuzzath his companion, and Phicol the commander of his army' means the first and foremost features of their doctrine of faith. 'And Isaac said to them, For what reason have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?' means, Why should they desire what is Divine seeing that they refused to recognize it and loathed that which is contained in the internal sense of the Word?

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.