The Bible

Genesis 12:12

¹² and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, `This [is] his wife,' and they have slain me, and thee they keep alive:

From Swedenborg's Works

Arcana Coelestia #1427

Study this Passage

1427. 'And Abram went, as Jehovah had told him' means an advance towards Divine things. This is clear from what has just been stated.

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