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Genesis 9:27

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27 May God enlarge Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Sem, and Chanaan be his servant.

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Arcana Coelestia #1087

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1087. And covered the nakedness of their father. That this signifies that they excused them, is evident both from the connection, and from the signification of “nakedness” that is, perversions.

  
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