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And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings who [are] with him, and they smite the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:5
Arcana Coelestia #1706
1706. Verse 14. And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive; and he hastened his trained men that were born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued unto Dan. “Abram heard that his brother was taken captive,” signifies that the interior man perceived in what state was the external man; “and he hastened his trained men that were born in his house,” signifies those goods in the external man that were now delivered from the yoke of servitude; “three hundred and eighteen,” signifies their quality; “and pursued unto Dan,” signifies the commencement of purification.
