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Genesis 12:12

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12 εσται ουν ως αν ιδωσιν σε οι αιγυπτιοι ερουσιν οτι γυνη αυτου αυτη και αποκτενουσιν με σε δε περιποιησονται

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #1454

Studere hoc loco

  
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1454. And he built an altar to Jehovah. That this signifies the external worship of His Father from that state, is evident from the signification of “an altar,” as being the principal representative of worship n. 921).

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