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Genesis 18:32

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32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

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Arcana Coelestia #2244

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2244. Verse 22 And the men looked from there and went towards Sodom; and Abraham still stood before Jehovah.

'The men looked from there' means the Lord's thought from the Divine. 'And went towards Sodom' means concerning the human race which was immersed in such great evil. 'And Abraham still stood before Jehovah' means the Lord's thought from the Human which was joined to the Divine in the manner stated above.

  
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