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1 Mose 10:8

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8 Und Kusch zeugte Nimrod; der fing an, ein Gewaltiger zu sein auf der Erde.

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Arcana Coelestia #1209

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1209. That 'Gerar' means things that have been revealed concerning faith, and thus in general means faith itself, becomes clear from the places where Gerar is mentioned, as in Genesis 20:1; 26:1, 17, whose meaning will in the Lord's Divine mercy be explained later on.

  
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