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Genesis 12:13

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13 say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.'

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Arcana Coelestia #1427

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

  
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