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Genesis 13:12

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12 *αβραμ-N---NSM δέ-X καταοἰκέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S *λωτ-N---NSM δέ-X καταοἰκέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P πόλις-N3I-DSF ὁ- A--GPM περίχωρος-A1B-GPM καί-C σκηνόω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P *σοδομα-N1--DS

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Arcana Coelestia #1602

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1602. Jehovah said unto Abram. That this signifies that Jehovah thus spoke to the Lord, may be seen from the internal sense of the Word, in which the Lord is meant by “Abram;” and also from the state itself in which He then was, which is also described here, namely, that the external things that impeded had been removed, which is signified by the words “after that Lot was separated from him.” In respect to the internal man, the Lord was Divine, because born from Jehovah; and therefore when nothing impeded on the part of the external man, it follows that He saw all things that were to come; and that this then appeared as if Jehovah spoke is because it appeared before the external man. In respect to His internal man the Lord was one with Jehovah, as He Himself teaches in John:

Philip said, Show us the Father. Jesus said, Have I been so long time with you, and hast thou not known Me, Philip? He that seeth Me seeth the Father; how sayest thou, then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me (John 14:6, 8-11).

  
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John 14:8-11

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8 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us."

9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, 'Show us the Father?'

10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.

11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else Believe me for the very works' sake.