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1 Mosebok 16:5

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5 Då sade Sarai till Abram: »Den orätt mig sker komme över dig. Jag själv lade min tjänstekvinna i din famn, men då hon nu ser att hon är havande, ringaktar hon mig. HERREN döme mellan mig och dig.»

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Arcana Coelestia #1912

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1912. Verse 5 And Sarai said to Abram, May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant-girl into your bosom, and she saw that she had conceived, and I am despised in her eyes. May Jehovah judge between me and you!

'Sarai said to Abram' means that the affection for truth so perceived. 'May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant-girl into your bosom' means its unwillingness to take any blame. 'And she saw that she had conceived' means the initial life of the rational. 'And I am despised in her eyes' means here, as previously, that at its conception this rational despised truth itself that was allied to good. 'May Jehovah judge between me and you!' means the Lord's righteous anger.

  
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