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Genesis 19:2

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2 and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and lodge, and wash your feet; and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, No; but we will pass the night in the open place.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2404

Studere hoc loco

  
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2404. Verse 15 As dawn ascended the angels pressed Lot to hurry, saying, Rise up, take your wife and your two daughters found [here], lest you are consumed in the iniquity of the city.

'As dawn ascended' means when the Lord's kingdom draws near. 'The angels pressed Lot to hurry' means that the Lord withheld them from evil and maintained them in good. 'Saying, Rise up, take your wife and two daughters found [here]' means the truth of faith, and the affections for truth and for good, 'found' meaning that these had been separated from evil. 'Lest you are consumed in the iniquity of the city' means lest they perished in evils deriving from falsity.

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