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Genesis 20:5

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5 Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2505

Studere hoc loco

  
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2505. Verse 2. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister; and Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. “Abraham said,” signifies the Lord’s thought; “of Sarah his wife,” signifies spiritual truth conjoined with the celestial; “she is my sister,” signifies rational truth; “and Abimelech king of Gerar sent,” signifies the doctrine of faith (“Abimelech” signifies the doctrine of faith that looks to rational things); “and took Sarah,” signifies the affection of consulting the rational.

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