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1 Mose 5:2

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2 und schuf sie ein Männlein und Fräulein; und segnete sie und hieß ihren Namen Mensch zur Zeit, da sie geschaffen wurden.

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Arcana Coelestia #498

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498. 'He begot Enosh' means that from them a different Church came down, which was called Enosh. This too is clear from the fact that names in this chapter mean nothing other than Churches.

  
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