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Genesis 4:23

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23 And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

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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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