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Genesis 19:30

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30 And Lot went up from Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he, and his two daughters.

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Arcana Coelestia #2393

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2393. That the “place” is a state of evil, is evident from the signification of “place,” as being state (see above, n. 1273 to 1275, 1377), here a state of evil, because it was Sodom, by which is signified evil in general (n. 2220, 2246, 2322).

  
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