1698、“他们把亚伯兰弟兄的儿子罗得和罗得的财物都拿走了，就离去了”表示表面的良善和真理本身不是良善和真理，它们占据了外在人和那里的一切。这从“罗得”的含义清楚可知，前面（1428，1547，1563节）频繁阐述和说明，“罗得”表示主的感官人或外在人；但此处“罗得”表示主的外在人中的表面良善和真理，这良善和真理被称为“罗得的财物”。前面（1661，1667节）已经解释，在主的童年初期，这良善和真理看似良善和真理，或说具有它们的表象，但本身并不是。不过，这良善和真理会通过试探的争战逐渐被洁净，这一点从关于试探的阐述（1652-1657，1659，1663-1664，1692节）清楚看出来。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1698. They took Lot and his property — the son of Abram's brother — and went away means that apparent goodness and truth (not good or true in itself) seized control of the Lord's outer self and everything in it. This can be seen from the symbolism of Lot as the Lord's sensory or outward self, a symbolism already mentioned and discussed several times [1428, 1547, 1563]. Here specifically he symbolizes apparent goodness and truth in the Lord's outer self, which are being called the property of Lot. It has already been explained that this goodness and truth appeared good and true in the Lord's early youth, although they were not intrinsically so [1661, 1667]. They were gradually purified, and his spiritual trials were the means, as the remarks concerning such trials show [1652-1657, 1659, 1663-1664, 1692].
Potts(1905-1910) 1698
1698. And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, and his substance, and departed. That this signifies that the apparent goods and truths, which in themselves are not goods and truths, took possession of the external man, and of all things therein, is evident from the signification of "Lot." That "Lot" signifies the sensuous or external man in the Lord, has already been frequently stated and shown; but here by "Lot" is signified the external man in respect to the apparent goods and truths, which are Lot's "substance." That in the Lord's earliest childhood these goods and truths appeared to be goods and truths, but in themselves were not so, has been already explained; but that they were by degrees purified, and this in fact by means of the combats of temptations, may be seen from what has been said concerning temptations.
Elliott(1983-1999) 1698
1698. That 'they took Lot and his acquisitions, Abram's brother's son, and went their way' means that apparent goods and truths, which are not in themselves goods and truths, took possession of the External Man and everything there is clear from the meaning of 'Lot' who, as stated and shown frequently already, means the Lord's Sensory or External Man; indeed here he means the External Man as regards apparent goods and truths, which here are 'Lot's acquisitions'. That those goods and truths bore the appearance in early childhood of being goods and truths but were not in fact so has been explained already. But that those goods and truths were gradually purified, by means indeed of the conflicts that constitute temptations, becomes clear from what has been stated about temptations.
Latin(1748-1756) 1698
1698. Quod 'sumpserunt Lotum, et acquisitionem ejus, filium fratris Abrami, et abiverunt' significet quod bona et vera apparentia, quae in se non bona et vera sunt, occupaverint Externum Hominem, et omnia quae ibi essent, constat a significatione Loti, qui quod significet apud Dominum, Sensualem seu Externum Hominem, prius aliquoties dictum et ostensum est, et quidem hic Externum Hominem quoad bona et vera apparentia, quae hic sunt 'acquisitio Loti'; quod bona et vera illa apparuerint ut bona et vera in prima pueritia, et non in se ita fuerint, prius explicatum est; sed quod per gradus purificata sint, et quidem per pugnas tentationum, ex illis quae de tentationibus dicta sunt, constare potest.