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Bereshit 10:4

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4 ובני יון אלישה ותרשיש כתים ודדנים׃

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Arcana Coelestia #1160

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1160. Verse 6 And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

Here, as previously, 'Ham' means faith separated from charity. 'The sons of Ham' means things that belong to separated faith. 'Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan' were just so many nations who in the internal sense mean cognitions, knowledge, and the forms of worship which belong to faith separated from charity.

  
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