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Genesis 11:31

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31 And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.

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Arcana Coelestia #1367

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1367. That by “Haran” is signified interior idolatrous worship, and by “Terah” idolatrous worship in general, has been stated and shown before. That the origin is signified by “the land of his nativity;” and that their idolatrous worship was thence derived, is evident from the signification of nativity,” as being origin and derivation, concerning which see under verses 10, 27.

  
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Ezekiel 23:5

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5 Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians [her] neighbors,