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创世记第17章:19

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19 :不然,你妻子撒拉要给你生一个儿子,你要给他起名以撒。我要与他坚定所立的约,作他永远的约。

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Arcana Coelestia#2043

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2043. Verse 12 And a son eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, and he who is the purchase of silver, from every son who is a foreigner and not of your seed.

'A son eight days old' means any beginning whatever to purification. 'Shall be circumcised among you' means purification. 'Every male' means those who possess the truth of faith. 'Throughout your generations' means the things that comprise faith. 'He who is born in the house' means celestial people, 'he who is the purchase of silver' spiritual people who are inside the Church. 'From every son who is a foreigner and not of your seed' means those outside the Church.

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