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Genesis 1:14

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14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

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Arcana Coelestia #1075

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1075. Verse 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and pointed it out to his two brothers outside.

'Ham' and 'Canaan' have the same meaning here as previously - 'Ham' the corrupted Church, 'Canaan' worship in external things devoid of internal. 'He saw his father's nakedness' means that he noticed the errors and perversities mentioned already. 'And he pointed it out to his two brothers outside' means that he mocked. They are called 'his brothers' because he professed faith.

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

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Genesis 9:23

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23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.