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Ézéchiel 16:39

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39 Je te livrerai, dis-je, entre leurs mains; et ils détruiront tes lieux éminents, et démoliront tes hauts lieux; ils te dépouilleront de tes vêtements, et emporteront tes bagues dont tu te parais, et te laisseront sans habits et toute découverte.

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Canaan

  

Daughters of Canaan (Genesis 28:8) signify affections of truth that are not genuine, whereas in Genesis 28:1, they signify the affections of what is false and evil.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1060, 1167, Genesis 1, 9:18)


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Arcana Coelestia #1060

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1060. Verse 18 And Noah's sons who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

'Noah's sons who went out of the ark' means those who constituted the Ancient Church, 'who went out of the ark' meaning those who had been regenerated. 'Shem' means the internal Church, 'Ham' the corrupted Church, 'Japheth' the external Church. 'Ham was the father of Canaan means that from the corrupted Church arose worship in external things devoid of internal, which worship is meant by Canaan.

  
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