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Genesis 2:4

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4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

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Arcana Coelestia #140

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140. That 'a help suitable for him' means the proprium becomes clear from the nature of the proprium, and from what follows. But because the member of the Church dealt with here was inherently well-disposed, he was granted a proprium. But it [only] appeared to be his own, which is why it is called 'a help suitable for him'.

  
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Genesis 5:29

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29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.