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Génesis 4:17

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17 Y conoció Caín a su mujer, la cual concibió y dio a luz a Enoc; y edificó una ciudad, y llamó el nombre de la ciudad del nombre de su hijo, Enoc.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #341

Studere hoc loco

  
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341. Verse 2. And she added to bear his brother Abel; and Abel was a shepherd of the flock, and Cain was a tiller of the ground. The second offspring of the church is charity, signified by “Abel” and “brother;” a “shepherd of the flock” denotes one who exercises the good of charity; and a “tiller of the ground” is one who is devoid of charity, however much he may be in faith separated from love, which is no faith.

  
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