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Genesis 4:9

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9 And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

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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.

Footnotes:

1. literally, bloods

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

The Bible

 

Genesis 4:9

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9 Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"