Arcana Coelestia # 1339
1339. Verse 12. And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years and begat Shelah. “And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years,” signifies the beginning of the second state of this church, as well as that second state itself; “Arpachshad” signifies here, as before, memory-knowledge; “and begat Shelah,” signifies the derivation therefrom. Shelah was a nation so called, whereby is signified that which pertains to memory-knowledge.
Genesis 11:10
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This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
