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Genesis 19:33

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33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

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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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