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Genesis 17:23

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23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money -- every male among the people of Abraham's house -- and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that same day, as God had said to him.

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Arcana Coelestia #2071

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2071. That 'Abraham fell on his face' 1 means adoration is clear from the meaning of 'falling on the face' 1 as adoration, dealt with above in 1999.

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1. literally, faces

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