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Genesis 20:4

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4 *αβιμελεχ-N---NSM δέ-X οὐ-D ἅπτομαι-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--VSM ἔθνος-N3E-ASN ἀγνοέω-V2--PAPASN καί-C δίκαιος-A1A-ASN ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FAI2S

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Arcana Coelestia #2502

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2502. 'And dwelt between Kadesh and Shur' means His state specifically. This is clear from the meaning of 'dwelling' as living, dealt with in 1293. The words that come immediately before also point to this, that is to say, that 'Abraham travelled from there towards the land of the south', which means the Lord's advances into goods and truths of faith; and now that it is said that 'he dwelt between Kadesh and Shur', by which it follows that nothing else is meant than the Lord's state specifically, which is described by 'Kadesh' and 'Shur', to be dealt with next.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #1293

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1293. 'And they dwelt there' means the life that resulted. This becomes clear from the meaning in the Word of 'dwelling' as living. The expression to dwell occurs many times in both the prophetical and the historical sections of the Word, and in the internal sense it as a rule means to live. The reason is that the most ancient people dwelt in tents and celebrated their most holy worship in them, and this also is why 'tents' in the Word means the holiness of worship, as shown in 414. And since 'tents' meant the holiness within worship, 'dwelling' in a good sense also means living, or life. In a similar way it is because the most ancient people travelled around with their tents that 'travelling' in the internal sense of the Word means the established patterns and order of life.

  
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