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Genesis 4:17

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17 Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

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Arcana Coelestia #429

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429. That by a “man” [vir] is signified faith, is evident from the first verse (Genesis 4:1) of this chapter in that Eve said, when she bare Cain, “I have gotten a man Jehovah;” by whom was meant the doctrine of faith, called a “man Jehovah.” It is evident also from what was shown above concerning a man or male, that he signifies understanding, which is of faith. That he had also extinguished charity, here called a “little one” or a “little child” follows, for he who denies and murders faith, at the same time also denies and murders the charity that is born from faith.

  
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