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Genesis 12:19

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19 Waarom hebt gij gezegd: Zij is mijn zuster; zodat ik haar mij tot een vrouw zoude genomen hebben? en nu, zie, daar is uw huisvrouw; neem haar en ga henen!

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Arcana Coelestia #1490

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1490. Verse 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she is your wife? 'And Pharaoh called Abram' means that the Lord recalled to mind. 'And said, What is this you have done to me?' means that it grieved Him. '[Why did you not tell me] that she is your wife?' means when He recognized that He ought to possess no other truth than that which was to be joined to the celestial.

  
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