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Genesis 4:11

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11 And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

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Arcana Coelestia #373

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373. Verse 10 And He said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood 1 is crying out to me from the ground.

'The voice of Your brother's blood 1 means violence done to charity. 'Blood' calling out means guilt, and 'the ground' schism or heresy.

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1. literally, bloods

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