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Genesis 18:20

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20 And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,

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Arcana Coelestia #2244

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2244. Verse 22. And the men looked forth thence and went toward Sodom; and Abraham as yet he was standing before Jehovah. “The men looked forth thence,” signifies the Lord’s thought from the Divine; “and went toward Sodom,” signifies concerning the human race as being in such great evil; “and Abraham as yet he was standing before Jehovah,” signifies the Lord’s thought from the Human which was adjoined in the manner stated above.

  
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