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Genesis 29:10

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10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

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Arcana Coelestia #341

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341. Verse 2. And she added to bear his brother Abel; and Abel was a shepherd of the flock, and Cain was a tiller of the ground. The second offspring of the church is charity, signified by “Abel” and “brother;” a “shepherd of the flock” denotes one who exercises the good of charity; and a “tiller of the ground” is one who is devoid of charity, however much he may be in faith separated from love, which is no faith.

  
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