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Ծննդոց 4:12

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12 Դու պիտի մշակես հողը, բայց նա պիտի չկարողանայ քեզ տալ իր արդիւնքը: Ահ ու դողի եւ երերման մէջ պիտի լինես երկրի վրայ»:

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Arcana Coelestia #355

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355. Verse 5 And for Cain and his gift He had no respect; and Cain's anger was set ablaze and his face' fell.

'Cain', as has been stated, means faith separated from love, or the kind of doctrine which allows faith to be separated. 'His gift for which He had no respect' means, as previously, that his worship was unacceptable. 'Cain's anger was set ablaze and his face 1 fell' means a change as to interiors; 'anger' means the fact that charity had departed, and 'face' the interiors, which are said 'to fall' when they undergo change.

Footnotes:

1. literally, faces

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

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Genesis 4:5

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5 but he didn't respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.