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Genesis 10:29

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29 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan;

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Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash

  

'Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash,' as in Genesis 10:23, signify several kinds of knowledges derived from the knowledges of good, and anything pertaining those knowledges. Knowledges derived from the knowledges of good are natural truths, and anything pertaining to knowledges are actions based on them.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1234)

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Arcana Coelestia # 1213

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1213. Verse 20 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

'The sons of Ham' means derivations of matters of doctrine and of forms of worship resulting from the corrupted internal worship meant by Ham. 'According to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, in their nations' means according to the particular and the general character of each one, 'according to their families' meaning according to their habits and customs, 'according to their tongues' meaning according to their individual beliefs, 'in their lands' meaning in general as regards such beliefs, 'in their nations' in general as regards such habits and customs.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.