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Genesis 4:8

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8 Ja Kain ütles oma vennale Aabelile: 'Lähme väljale!' Ja kui nad väljal olid, tungis Kain oma venna Aabeli kallale ja tappis tema.

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Arcana Coelestia #359

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359. Verse 6 And Jehovah said to Cain, Why has your anger been set ablaze, and why has your face 1 fallen?

'Jehovah said to Cain' was the dictate of conscience. 'Anger has been set ablaze and the face 1 has fallen' means, as previously, the departure of charity and the change that took place in interiors.

Footnotes:

1. literally, faces

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