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Genesis 13:12

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12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent towards Sodom.

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Arcana Coelestia #1615

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1615. Verse 18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt in the oak-groves of Mamre which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to Jehovah.

'Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt in the oak-groves of Mamre which are in Hebron' means that the Lord arrived at a perception more interior still. This is the sixth state. 'And there he built an altar to Jehovah' means worship as the outcome of that state.

  
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