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1 Mose 2:17

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17 aber von dem Baume der Erkenntnis des Guten und Bösen, davon sollst du nicht essen; denn welches Tages du davon issest, wirst du gewißlich sterben.

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Arcana Coelestia #107

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107. Verse 10. And a river went out of Eden, to water the garden, and from thence it was parted, and was into four heads. A “river out of Eden” signifies wisdom from love, for “Eden” is love; “to water the garden” is to bestow intelligence; to be “thence parted into four heads” is a description of intelligence by means of the four rivers, as follows.

  
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