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Genezo 4:1

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1 Kaj Adam ekkonis Evan, sian edzinon, kaj sxi gravedigxis, kaj sxi naskis Kainon; kaj sxi diris: Mi akiris homon de la Eternulo.

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Arcana Coelestia #416

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416. That the holy things of love and the derivative goods are signified, is evident from the fact that Jabal was not the first of those who “dwelt in tents and in folds of cattle” for it is said likewise of Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve, that he was “a shepherd of the flock” and Jabal was the seventh in the order of descent from Cain.

  
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