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Génesis 18:28

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28 por ventura faltarán de cincuenta justos, cinco: ¿destruirás por aquellos cinco toda la ciudad? Y dijo: No la destruiré, si hallare allí cuarenta y cinco.

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Arcana Coelestia #2254

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2254. Verse 25. Be it far from Thee to do according to this thing, to cause the righteous to die with the wicked, that so the righteous be as the wicked; be it far from Thee; shall not the Judge of all the earth do judgment? “Be it far from Thee to do according to this thing,” signifies the Lord’s horror; “to cause the righteous to die with the wicked, that so the righteous be as the wicked,” signifies that good cannot die, because evil can be separated from it; “be it far from Thee,” signifies a greater degree of horror; “shall not the Judge of all the earth do judgment?” signifies that the Divine good cannot do this, after the manner of truth separated from good.

  
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