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Genesis 21:23

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23 Now therefore swear to me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou hast sojourned.

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Arcana Coelestia #2640

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2640. 'God has made laughter for me' means the affection for celestial truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'laughter' as the affection for truth, dealt with in 2072, 2216, and from 'God making' as the celestial from which it springs.

  
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