Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 1446

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1446. That 'Jehovah appeared to Abram' means that Jehovah showed Himself to the Lord when He was still a boy is clear from what has gone before, and from the representation itself of the Lord by Abram, as well as from the sequence of events, which are that He came into possession of celestial things, and then of perception, following which 'Jehovah appeared'.


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