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Genesis 26:9

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9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife. And how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her.

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Arcana Coelestia #2725

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2725. Verse 34. And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days. “Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days,” signifies that the Lord adjoined to the doctrine of faith very many things from the memory-knowledge of human knowledges [ex scientia cognitionum humanarum].

  
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