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Genesis 20:5

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5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself Said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

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Arcana Coelestia #2582

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2582. 'And his wife' means as regards truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a wife' as truth, dealt with immediately above in 2581.

  
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