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Бытие 18:18

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18 От Авраама точно произойдет народ великий и сильный, и благословятся в нем все народыземли,

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Apocalypse Explained #339

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339. And honour and glory. That this signifies that Divine good and Divine truth belong to Him, is clear from the signification of honour and glory when said of the Lord, as denoting Divine good and Divine truth (concerning which see above, n. 288).

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Numbers 24:9

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9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed."