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Genesis 2:13

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13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

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Revelation 4:11

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11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

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Arcana Coelestia #5834

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5834. 'And the boy is not with us' means if the new truth is not with them. This is clear from the representation of Benjamin, to whom 'the boy' refers here, as new truth, dealt with in 5804, 5806, 5822.

  
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