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Genesi 11:2

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2 E avvenne che, essendo partiti verso l’Oriente, gli uomini trovarono una pianura nel paese di Scinear, e quivi si stanziarono.

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Arcana Coelestia #1350

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1350. Verse 21. And Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years; and he begot sons and daughters.

'Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years' mean duration and state, 'Reu' and 'Serug' having the same meaning here as previously. 'And he begot sons and daughters' means the forms of ritual belonging to such worship.

  
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