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Genesis 13:14

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14 And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward:

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Arcana Coelestia # 1550

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1550. That 'Abram was very rich in cattle' means goods is clear from the meaning of 'cattle' and 'flock' as good, dealt with already in 343, 415.

  
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Zoar

  

Zoar, a city mentioned in Genesis 13:10, signifies the affection of goodness. Zoar was located not far from Sodom; Lot fled there after he was rescued by the angels during the burning of Sodom (see Genesis 19:20, 22, 23, 30).

In Genesis 19:22, Zoar again signifies a small affection for good. Zoar, in the original tongue, means little or small. People in a "Zoar" state are in the affection of truth, but have only a little truth, because they have only a little good. Zoar is also mentioned Genesis 14:2, 8, Deuteronomy 34:3, Isaiah 15:5; and Jeremiah 48:34, but in those places its signification takes an opposite sense, i.e. it is still an affection, but in these contexts, it symbolizes the affection of evil.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1589, 2429, 2442, Genesis 8:10)