Genesis 18:29

²⁹ And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

Arcana Coelestia # 2223

2223. Verse 17 And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I am doing?

'And Jehovah said' means perception. 'Shall I hide from Abraham that which I am doing?' means that nothing ought to be hidden from the Lord.

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.