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Genesis 4:7

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7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

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Arcana Coelestia #406

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406. That by “Lamech” is signified vastation, or that there was no faith, is evident from the following verses (23-24), in which it is said that he “slew a man to his wounding, and a little one to his hurt;” for there by a “man” is meant faith, and by a “little one” or “little child” charity.

  
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