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1 Mosebok 25:6

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6 Men sønnene til de medhustruer som Abraham hadde, gav han gaver og lot dem, mens han enn levde, flytte bort fra Isak, sin sønn, østover, til Østerland.

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Arcana Coelestia #3282

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3282. 'When he took Rebekah' means the joining of Divine Truth [to the Divine Rational]. This is clear from the representation of 'Rebekah' as Divine Truth allied to Divine Good in the Rational, the origin of which in the natural man was dealt with in the previous chapter.

  
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