from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

Arcana Coelestia #523

Studere hoc loco

523. Verse 25 And Methuselah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years; and he beget Lamech.

'Methuselah' means an eighth Church, and 'Lamech' a ninth.

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