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Genesis 13:18

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18 Ja Aabram võttis telgid ja tuli ning elas Mamre tammikus, mis on Hebroni juures; ja ta ehitas sinna altari Issandale.

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Arcana Coelestia #1570

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1570. Verse 7. And there was strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite were then dwelling in the land. “There was strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle,” signifies that the internal man and the external man did not agree; “the herdmen of Abram’s cattle,” are the celestial things; “the herdmen of Lot’s cattle,” are the sensuous things; “and the Canaanite and the Perizzite were then dwelling in the land,” signifies evils and falsities in the external man.

  
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