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Genesis 12:12

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12 ἔσται οὖν ὡς ἂν ἴδωσίν σε οἱ αἰγύπτιοι ἐροῦσιν ὅτι γυνὴ αὐτοῦ αὕτη καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσίν με σὲ δὲ περιποιήσονται

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Arcana Coelestia #1454

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1454. And he built an altar to Jehovah. That this signifies the external worship of His Father from that state, is evident from the signification of “an altar,” as being the principal representative of worship n. 921).

  
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