Arcana Coelestia #1225

1225. That 'Shem' means the internal Church has been stated and shown in verse 18 onwards of the previous chapter.

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

Genesis 9:5

⁵ And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.