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Genesis 3:15

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15 και εχθραν θησω ανα μεσον σου και ανα μεσον της γυναικος και ανα μεσον του σπερματος σου και ανα μεσον του σπερματος αυτης αυτος σου τηρησει κεφαλην και συ τηρησεις αυτου πτερναν

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #192

Studere hoc loco

  
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192. Hence the “serpent” or sensuous part, persuaded the woman to inquire into matters pertaining to faith in the Lord in order to see whether they are really so, which is signified by “eating of the tree of knowledge;” and that the rational of man consented, is signified by “the man that he did eat” (verses 1-6).

  
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