In Genesis 10:5, Deuteronomy 28:49, this signifies a way of thinking. (Arcana Coelestia 1159)

In Psalms 35:28, 51:14, this corresponds in general to the affection for truth, or to people in the Grand Man in this affection, and are afterwards in affection for good from truth. (Arcana Coelestia 4791)

In Exodus 11:7, this signifies no condemnation or lamentation. (Arcana Coelestia 7784)

In Revelation 5:9, this signifies that those people have been redeemed who, in any religion, are in doctrinal truths. (Apocalypse Revealed 282)

(Odkazy: Luke 16, 16:24, Luke 24; Revelation 10, 16, Revelation 16:10)

470. 'The book of the generations' is a record of those who belonged to the Most Ancient Church. This is quite clear from what follows, for from here down to Eber in Chapter 11 the names used nowhere mean actual persons but real things. In most ancient times the human race was divided into houses, families, and nations. A house consisted of husband and wife together with their children, and also other members of their family who were the servants. A family consisted of a number of such houses, many or few, who dwell in close proximity to one another, but not together. A nation consisted of a number of families, many or few.