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Genesi 18:28

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28 forse, a que’ cinquanta giusti ne mancheranno cinque; distruggerai tu tutta la città per cinque di meno?" E l’Eterno: "Se ve ne trovo quarantacinque, non la distruggerò".

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Arcana Coelestia #2215

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2215. Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not, for she was afraid. That this signifies that human rational truth wished to excuse itself, because it observed that it was not such as it ought to be, is evident without explication.

  
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