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他从南地一站一站往前走，到伯特利去；到伯特利和艾城中间，就是他从前支搭帐棚的地方，
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也是他筑头一座祭坛的地方，亚伯兰就在那里求告耶和华的名。
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亚伯兰与罗得分手那地容不下他们住在一起；因为他们的财物很多，所以他们再也不能住在一起。
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牧养亚伯兰牲畜的和牧养罗得牲畜的，起了纷争；当时迦南人和比利洗人还住在那地。
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亚伯兰就对罗得说：“你我之间，切不可纷争；你的牧人和我的牧人之间，也不可纷争，因为我们是至亲。
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全地不都是在你面前吗？请你离开我吧！你若向左，我就向右；你若向右，我就向左。”
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罗得举目，看见约旦河整个平原，直到琐珥，都有水灌溉；在耶和华毁灭所多玛和蛾摩拉之前，这地好像耶和华的园子，也像埃及地一样。
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罗得选择了约旦河整个平原，于是向东移动，他们就彼此分开了。
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亚伯兰住在迦南地；罗得住在平原的城市中，渐渐挪移帐棚，直到所多玛。
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亚伯兰获得之应许罗得离开亚伯兰以后，耶和华对亚伯兰说：“你要举目，从你所在的地方向东南西北观看。
Napsal(a) Emanuel Swedenborg
Here are some excerpts from Swedenborg's "Arcana Coelestia" that help explain the inner meaning of this chapter:
AC 1535. This chapter treats of the external man in the Lord which was to be conjoined with His internal man. The external man is the Human Essence, the internal is the Divine essence. The former is here represented by Lot, but the latter by Abram.
AC 1536. There is here described the state of the external man such as it was in childhood, when first imbued with knowledges (scientifica et cognitiones)--that it thence advanced more and more to conjunction with the internal man (verses 1 to 4).
AC 1537. But that there were still many things in His external man that impeded the conjunction (verses 5 to 7); from which, however, He desired to be separated (verses 8, 9).
AC 1538. That the external man appeared to the Lord such as it is in its beauty when conjoined with the internal; and also such as it is when not conjoined (verses 10 to 13).)
AC 1539. A promise that when the external man was conjoined with the internal, that is, when the Lord‘s Human Essence "as conjoined with His Divine Essence, all power and authority (potestas) should be given to Him (verses 14 to 17). Concerning the Lord’s interior perception (verse 18).
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