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Genesis 21:30

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30 But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewe lambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

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Arcana Coelestia #2695

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2695. Verse 18 Rise up, lift the boy up, and strengthen your hand in him, for I will make him into a great nation.

'Rise up' means an uplifting of the mind. 'Lift the boy up' means the spiritual as regards truth. 'And strengthen your hand in him' means support received from this. 'For I will make him into a great nation' means the spiritual Church.

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