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Genesis 1:10

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10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

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2 Chronicles 2:11

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11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

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Arcana Coelestia #2393

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2393. 'Place' is a state of evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'place' as state, dealt with in 1273-1275, 1377, here a state of evil, since the place was Sodom, by which evil in general is meant, 2220, 2246, 2322.

  
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