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Genesis 22:1

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1 Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

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Arcana Coelestia #2790

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2790. 'The place from afar off' means into the state which He foresaw. This is clear from the meaning of 'place' as state, dealt with in 1273-1277, 1376-1381, 2625, and from the meaning of 'seeing from afar off' as foreseeing.

  
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