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At nangyari, nang nanganganak siya, na inilabas ng isa ang kamay: at hinawakan ng hilot at tinalian sa kamay ng isang sinulid na mapula, na sinasabi, Ito ang unang lumabas.
Genesis 38:28
Arcana Coelestia # 4838
4838. 'So that he should not provide seed for his brother' means that this being so there was no continuation. This is clear from the meaning of 'providing seed for a brother', or performing the duty of a husband's brother, as continuing that which constitutes the Church, dealt with above in 4835, which shows that 'not providing seed for his brother' means that, this being so, there was no continuation.
Er
Er, mentioned in Genesis 38:3, signifies the quality of falsity derived from the evil of self-love or the false principle of faith.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 4822, 4830)
