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아르왓 족속과, 스말 족속과, 하맛 족속의 조상을 낳았더니 이 후로 가나안 자손의 족속이 흩어져 처하였더라
1020. That these things are signified is evident from the fact that all things put historically, from the first chapter of Genesis to Eber in the eleventh chapter, signify things quite different from those which appear in the letter, and the historical series is only made-up history, after the manner of the most ancient people, who when they would attest the truth of a thing, declared that “Jehovah said” it. Here however it is said that “God” said, because the subject treated of is the spiritual church. They used the same form of speaking when anything true was coming to pass, or had done so.