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Bereshit 4:18

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18 ויולד לחנוך את עירד ועירד ילד את מחויאל ומחייאל ילד את מתושאל ומתושאל ילד את למך׃

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Arcana Coelestia #412

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412. Verse 20 And Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the father of the tent-dweller and of cattle.

'Adah' means, as previously, the mother of the celestial and spiritual things of faith. 'Jabal, the father of the tent-dweller and of cattle' means doctrine concerning the holy things of love, and goods deriving from these, which are celestial.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Genesis 4:20

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20 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.