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Genesis 12:12

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12 And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.

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Arcana Coelestia #1402

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1402. The things that are stated regarding Abram's sojourn in Egypt represent and mean the instruction which the Lord received first, 'Abram' being the Lord, 'Sarai as a wife' truth that was to be allied to the celestial, 'Sarai as a sister' intellectual truth, and 'Egypt' knowledge. An advance from factual knowledge right on to celestial truths is described, which was made in accordance with Divine order, to the end that the Lord's Human Essence might be joined to the Divine Essence, and at the same time become Jehovah.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Ruth 1:1

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1 In the days of one of the judges, when the judges ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.