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Genesis 19:35

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35 And that night again they made their father take much wine; and the younger daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.

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Arcana Coelestia #2384

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2384. 'Both small and great' means in particular and in general. This is clear from the meaning of these words in the internal sense when used in reference to rational concepts and matters of doctrine deriving from these, meant by 'the men who were at the door of the house'. The relationship of particular things to general things is similar to that of 'small' to 'great' - particulars being like those that are 'small', and generals made up of particulars like those that are 'great'. What particular things are in comparison with general, and their inter-relationship, see 920, 1040, 1316.

  
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