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Genesis 4:16

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16 Så drog Kain bort fra HE ENs Åsyn og slog sig ned i Landet Nod østen for Eden.


The Project Gutenberg Association at Carnegie Mellon University

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #383

Studere hoc loco

  
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383. Verse 13 And Cain said to Jehovah, My iniquity is too great for it to be taken away.

'Cain said to Jehovah' means admission that he was under the influence of evil, an admission resulting from pain felt inwardly. 'My iniquity is too great for it to be taken away' means consequent despair.

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