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Bereshit 18:32

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32 ויאמר אל־נא יחר לאדני ואדברה אך־הפעם אולי ימצאון שם עשרה ויאמר לא אשחית בעבור העשרה׃

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Arcana Coelestia #2278

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2278. Verse 31. And he said, Behold I pray I have taken upon me to speak unto my Lord: peradventure twenty shall be found there; and He said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake. “He said, Behold I pray I have taken upon me to speak unto my Lord,” signifies here as before the humiliation of the human before the Divine; “peradventure twenty shall be found there,” signifies if there be not anything of combat, but still there be good “and He said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake,” signifies that they will be saved.

  
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