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And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
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And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
'Sons of the stranger' signify counterfeit truths, or falsities. 'Our sons' signify the doctrines of truth, and 'our daughters,' the doctrines of good, as in Psalm 144:11-12.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 489; Psalms 144:11)
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Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.