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1 Mose 4:1

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1 Und Adam erkannte sein Weib Heva, und sie ward schwanger und gebar den Kain und sprach: Ich habe den Mann, den HERRN.

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Arcana Coelestia #326

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326. The worship of each is described, that of faith separated from love, by the “offering of Cain;” and that of charity, by the “offering of Abel” (verses 3-4). That worship from charity was acceptable, but not worship from separated faith (verses 4-5).

  
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