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Genesis 18:2

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2 And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near him: and as soon as he saw them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground.

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Arcana Coelestia #2170

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2170. Verse 6. And Abraham hastened toward the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of meal of fine flour, knead, and make cakes. “Abraham hastened toward the tent unto Sarah,” signifies the Lord’s rational good conjoined with His truth; “Abraham” is here the Lord in that state as to good; “Sarah,” as to truth; the “tent,” as to the holy of love: “and said,” signifies the state of perception relatively at that time; “make ready quickly three measures of meal of fine flour, knead, and make cakes,” signifies the celestial of His love in that state; “three” denotes what is holy; “meal of fine flour,” is the spiritual and the celestial of the rational which were then with the Lord; “cakes” denote the same when both are conjoined.

  
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