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Γένεση 17:27

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27 και παντες οι ανθρωποι της οικιας αυτου, οι γεγεννημενοι εν τη οικια, και οι εξ αλλογενων αργυρωνητοι περιετμηθησαν μετ' αυτου.

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Arcana Coelestia #2035

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2035. Unto their generations. That this signifies the things which are of faith, is evident from the signification of “generations,” and of “births,” as being the things that are of faith (concerning which see above, n. 613, 1145, 1255, 1330; and that those which are of love and faith are related as by blood and marriage, n. 685, 917).

  
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