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Genesis 19:14

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14 And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Arise, depart from this place; for the LORD will destroy this city: but he seemed to his sons-in-law as one that mocked.

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Arcana Coelestia #2392

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2392. That “whomsoever thou hast in the city,” denotes whatever derives anything from truth, is evident from the signification of a “city,” as being what is doctrinal, thus truth in its complex (see n. 402, 2268).

  
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