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创世记 19:3

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3 罗得切切的请他们,他们这才进去,到他里。罗得为他们预备筵席,无酵饼,他们就吃了

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Arcana Coelestia #2436

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2436. Verse 22. Haste thee, escape thither, for I cannot do anything until thou be come thither. Therefore he called the name of the city Zoar. “Haste thee, escape thither,” signifies that he should remain in it, because he cannot go further; “for I cannot do anything until thou be come thither,” signifies that before the Judgment upon the evil, they are to be saved who are in the affection of truth; “Therefore he called the name of the city Zoar,” signifies the affection of truth.

  
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1 Chronicles 5:1

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1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.