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Genesis 12:18

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18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

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Arcana Coelestia #1497

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1497. 'Now behold your wife, take her and go' means that truth was to be joined to what is celestial. This is clear from the meaning of 'wife' as truth that was to be joined to the celestial, as shown above at verses 11-12, and from what has just been stated.

  
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