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και εις το εξης η δικαιοσυνη μου θελει μαρτυρησει περι εμου, οταν ελθη εμπροσθεν σου δια τον μισθον μου· παν ο, τι δεν ειναι με ποικιλματα και κηλιδας μεταξυ των αιγων, και μελανωπον μεταξυ των αρνιων, θελει λογισθη κλεμμενον υπ' εμου.
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Arcana Coelestia #3922
3922. 'And has given me a son' means that this truth was acknowledged. This is clear from the meaning of 'a son' as truth, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, and from the meaning of 'giving a son' as giving this truth, which is the same as acknowledging it since every truth that is acknowledged is a gift from the Lord. 'Giving a son' also implies the same as 'bearing', and 'bearing' means acknowledging, see 3905, 3915, 3919.
Arcana Coelestia #533
533. Since nothing further is mentioned about Lamech apart from the fact that be beget sons and daughters, who are the conceptions and births of such a Church, there is no need to pause any longer over him. What these births, or sons and daughters, were, becomes clear from the Church, for the character of a Church determines that of its offspring. Both those Churches called Methuselah and Lamech breathed their last just before the flood.
