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When the womansaw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
262. 'The woman' means the Church, as stated already. At this point it means the Church when corrupted by the proprium, which up to now is what 'woman' has meant, because the subject is the generation of the descendants of the Most Ancient Church which had become corrupted.
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