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Genesis 18:33

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33 ἀποἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ὡς-C παύω-VAI-AMI3S λαλέω-V2--PAPNSM ὁ- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM καί-C *αβρααμ-N---NSM ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

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Arcana Coelestia #2142

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2142. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verse 1. And Jehovah appeared unto him in the oak groves of Mamre, and he was sitting at the door of the tent, as the day was growing hot. “Jehovah appeared unto him,” signifies the Lord’s perception; “in the oak-groves of Mamre,” signifies the quality of the perception; “he was sitting at the door of the tent,” signifies the holiness which at that time appertained to Him; “as the day was growing hot,” signifies from love.

  
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Genesis 18:1

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1 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.