Since Abram had been with me so many times unaccompanied by the Jews, I asked him where the Jews were who had come to him so many times, from the time when he lived. He replied that he does not know where they are and was surprised that they had withdrawn one after the other, and had disappeared. So he does not know, saying that he could still call those together who are in that filthy Jerusalem, but this he cannot do either, except with the permission of the Lord. There are still some there who labor with fantasies, and live in the filth. 1748, 21 Aug.