1704. 'And he was dwelling among the oak-groves of Mamre the Amorite' means the state of perception coming from the Rational Man. This is clear from the meaning of 'an oak-grove' and of 'the oak-groves of Mamre the Amorite', dealt with already in 1442, 1443, 1616.
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