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Genesis 12:17

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17 And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

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Arcana Coelestia #1452

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1452. And spread his tent. That this signifies the holy things of faith, is evident from the signification of a “tent,” as being the holy of love, and consequently the holy of faith from love, as before shown n. 414). That “he spread his tent,” there signifies that this was now beginning.

  
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