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1 Mosebok 22:10

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10 Och Abraham räckte ut sin hand och tog kniven för att slakta sin son.

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Arcana Coelestia #2783

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2783. And Isaac his son. That this signifies the Divine rational begotten by Himself, is evident from the representation of Isaac, as being the Lord’s Divine rational, often spoken of before. That it was begotten by Him is meant by its being called his “son” (as above, n. 2772).

  
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