3052. To the city of Nahor. That this signifies kindred doctrinal things, is evident from the signification of a “city,” as being doctrine (see n. 402, 2449); and from the representation of “Nahor,” as being what is akin; for Nahor was the brother of Abram, and from him came Bethuel, from whom was Rebekah. Memory-knowledges and doctrinal things are distinct from each other in this way: doctrinal things come from memory-knowledges, for they look to use, and are procured from memory-knowledges by means of reflection. They are here said to be “kindred,” by reason of their derivation from things Divine.

2448. Verse 25. And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the growth of the ground. “He overthrew those cities,” signifies that all truths were separated from them, in order that they might have only falsities “and all the plain,” signifies all things that pertained to truths; “and all the inhabitants of the cities,” signifies that all goods were separated from them, in order that they might have nothing but evils; “and the growth of the ground,” signifies all that is of the church.