In Genesis 10:24, 11:10, 11; Luke 3:36, Arphaxad signifies science or memory knowledges from charity, as he was one of the three principal sons of Shem. There was an interior church with these nations. (Arcana Coelestia 1223, 1227)

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1235)

1227. That 'Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram' were just so many nations is clear from historical and prophetical sections of the Word where they are mentioned; and that they mean the attributes of wisdom is clear from what has been stated just above and is also stated below. Among these nations an internal Church existed, among others called 'the sons of Japheth' an external Church existed. Among those referred to as 'the sons of Ham' there was a corrupted internal Church, and among those called 'the sons of Canaan' a corrupted external Church. Whether one speaks of internal and external worship, or of an internal and an external Church, it amounts to the same thing.