2506. 'Abraham said' means the Lord's thought. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' in historical descriptions as perceiving, as well as thinking, dealt with in 1898, 1919, 2061, 2080, 2238, 2260, 2271, 2287.

2260. 'Jehovah said' means perception. This is clear from the meaning in the historical sense of 'Jehovah saying' as something representative of the Lord's perception from the Divine, and as a kind of thought resulting from perception and a kind of reply. Regarding the phrase 'Jehovah said', see above in 2238.