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Genesis 4:1

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1 And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #383

Studere hoc loco

  
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383. Verse 13. And Cain said unto Jehovah, Mine iniquity is greater than can be taken away. “Cain said unto Jehovah” signifies a certain confession that he was in evil, induced by some internal pain; “mine iniquity is greater than can be taken away” signifies despair on that account.

  
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