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Genesis 4:22

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22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #346

Studere hoc loco

  
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346. Verse 3. And at the end of days it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Jehovah. By the “end of days” is meant in process of time; by the “fruit of the ground” the works of faith without charity; and by “an offering to Jehovah” worship thence derived.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.

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Genesis 4:3

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3 As time passed, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.