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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 #3442

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3442. And he builded an altar there. That this signifies a significative and representative of the Lord, is evident from the signification of an “altar,” as being the principal representative of the the Lord, (n. 921, 2777, 2811).

  
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