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Genesis 17:24

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24 And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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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.