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Genesis 18:17

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17 ο δε κυριος ειπεν μη κρυψω εγω απο αβρααμ του παιδος μου α εγω ποιω

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Arcana Coelestia #2237

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2237. Verse 20 And Jehovah said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has become great, and their sin has become extremely grave.

'Jehovah said' means perception. 'The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has become great, and their sin has become extremely grave' means that falsity and evil stemming from self-love reached their climax, 'cry' meaning falsity, 'sin' evil.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Genesis 18:25

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25 Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"