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Genesis 3:9

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9 At tinawag ng Panginoong Dios ang lalake at sa kaniya'y sinabi, Saan ka naroon?

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #287

Studere hoc loco

  
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287. Verse 20 And the man called the name of his wife Eve, because she was to be the mother of all living.

'Man' (homo) here is used to mean the member (vir) of the Most Ancient Church, that is, celestial man, and 'wife' and 'mother of all living' the Church. It is called 'mother' because it was the first Church of all, and 'living' because of its faith in the Lord, who is Life itself.

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