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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 #380

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380. Verse 12. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth. To “till the ground” signifies to cultivate this schism or heresy; “it shall not yield unto thee its strength” signifies that it is barren. To be a “fugitive and a wanderer in the earth” is not to know what is good and true.

  
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