De Bijbel

Genesis 17:27

²⁷ and all the men of his house, born in his house, or bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

Van Swedenborgs Werken

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.

Voetnoten:

1. literally, faces

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