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and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, out of whom came the Philistines, and the Caphtorim.
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and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, out of whom came the Philistines, and the Caphtorim.
1211. 'The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you come to Gerar, as far as Gaza' means the extension of cognitions with those who have external worship devoid of internal. This is clear from the meaning of Gerar and Gaza. The borders to all cognitions that have regard to worship, whether external worship or internal, move in that direction, for all worship stems from faith and charity, and that which does not do so is not worship but idolatry. Because the subject is Canaan, that is, external worship and its derivations, it is not the limits and extension of worship but of cognitions that are meant here.