The Bible

 

Genesis 10:21

Study

       

21 And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #1263

Study this Passage

  
/ 10837  
  

1263. 'After the Flood' means from the start of the Ancient Church. This is clear from the fact that the Flood marked the end of the Most Ancient Church and the beginning of the Ancient Church, as shown already in 705, 739, 790.

  
/ 10837  
  

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