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Genesis 4:2

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2 And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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Arcana Coelestia # 341

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341. Verse 2 And she bore again, his brother Abel. And Abel was a Shepherd of the flock, and Cain was a tiller of the ground.

The second born of the Church is charity, which is meant by 'Abel' and by 'brother. A shepherd of the flock' means one who practices good flowing from charity, while 'a tiller of the ground' means someone who, devoid of charity, acts from faith separated from love, which is not faith at all.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.