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1 Mose 2:6

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6 Ein Dunst aber stieg auf von der Erde und befeuchtete die ganze Oberfläche des Erdbodens.

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Arcana Coelestia #107

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107. Verse 10 And a river was going out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided and became four heads.

'A river was going out of Eden 'means wisdom deriving from love, which is Eden. 'To water the garden' is to confer intelligence. 'From there to divide into four heads' describes intelligence coming through four rivers, as below.

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