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Arcana Coelestia #532

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532. Verses 30-31. And Lamech lived after he begat Noah [illum Noachum] five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years, and he died. By “Lamech” as before said, is signified the church vastated. By “sons and daughters” are signified the conceptions and births of such a church.

  
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Genesis 18:2

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2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,