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Genesis 22:13

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13 At itiningin ni Abraham ang kaniyang mga mata, at nagmalas, at narito, ang isang tupang lalake, sa dakong likuran niya na huli sa dawag sa kaniyang mga sungay: at pumaroon si Abraham, at kinuha ang tupa, at siyang inihandog na handog na susunugin na inihalili sa kaniyang anak.

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Arcana Coelestia #2789

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2789. 'And Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw' means thought and insight received from the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'the eyes' as intelligence, dealt with in 2701, so that 'lifting up the eyes' means raising one's intelligence, thus thinking; and from the meaning of 'seeing' as receiving insight from the Divine, since this experience is used to refer to the Lord.

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

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2 Kings 1:13-14

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13 Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, "Man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.

14 Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties. But now let my life be precious in your sight."