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Genesis 12:15

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15 And the princes told Pharao, and praised her before him: and the woman was taken into the house of Pharao.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #1402

Studere hoc loco

  
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1402. The things that are stated regarding Abram's sojourn in Egypt represent and mean the instruction which the Lord received first, 'Abram' being the Lord, 'Sarai as a wife' truth that was to be allied to the celestial, 'Sarai as a sister' intellectual truth, and 'Egypt' knowledge. An advance from factual knowledge right on to celestial truths is described, which was made in accordance with Divine order, to the end that the Lord's Human Essence might be joined to the Divine Essence, and at the same time become Jehovah.

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

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Genesis 24:30

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30 It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.