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내가 오늘 우물에 이르러 말씀하기를 나의 주인 아브라함의 하나님 여호와여, 만일 나의 행하는 길에 형통함을 주실진대
Arcana Coelestia #3252
3252. 'A hundred and seventy-five years' means the things constituting that state. This becomes clear from the fact that every number used in the Word means some real thing, see 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, and so with this particular number which consequently means the things which constitute the state that is the subject here. As long as the mind confines itself to the historical sense it seems as though numbers, such as these 1 which give Abraham's age, do not hold any interior meaning within them. The fact that they do nevertheless hold such meaning within them is evident from all that has been shown already concerning numbers, and becomes clear from the consideration that no number as to its numerical value contains anything holy, and yet the smallest detail of all in the Word is holy.
Imibhalo yaphansi:
1. i.e. the numbers 100, 70, and 5
