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Genesis 22:8

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8 And Abraham said, God will see for Himself the lamb for a burnt·​·offering, my son; and they went the two of them together.


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

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Nations

  

'Nations,' as in Jeremiah 25:31, signify falsities. In Genesis 25:23, 'two nations in the womb' signify the natural regarding interior and exterior good. In general, 'nations' signify people in the good of love and charity from the Lord.

(Referenties: Apocalypse Revealed 667; Ezekiel 15, 29, 29:15; Micah 7, Micah 7:14-17)