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Genesis 9:12

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12 And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I will give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations.

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Arcana Coelestia #1081

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1081. That they are called his “brethren” because he professed faith, is evident from what has been shown above in n. 367 namely, that charity is the brother of faith.

  
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