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And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning his wife, he answered: She is my sister; for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would like him because of her beauty.
3442. And he builded an altar there. That this signifies a significative and representative of the Lord, is evident from the signification of an “altar,” as being the principal representative of the the Lord, (n. 921, 2777, 2811).
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