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تكوين 38:27

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27 وفي وقت ولادتها اذا في بطنها توأمان.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4830

Studere hoc loco

  
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4830. 'For Er his firstborn' means falsity of faith. This is clear from the representation of 'Er' as falsity, dealt with in 4821, 4822, and from the meaning of 'firstborn' as faith, dealt with in 352, 3325, 4821.

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

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Revelation 1:5

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5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;