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Genesis 19:31

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31 And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

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Arcana Coelestia #2416

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2416. That '[one of the two] said, Escape for your life' means that he was to be concerned about his life to eternity is clear without explanation. But in what way he was to be concerned about his life follows next.

  
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