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Genesis 9:5

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5 For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man, and of his brother, will I require the life of man.

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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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