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여호와께서 가인에게 이르시되 네 아우 아벨이 어디 있느냐 ? 그가 가로되 `내가 알지 못하나이다 내가 내 아우를 지키는 자이니까 ?'
429. That 'a man' (vir) means faith is clear from the first verse of this chapter where Eve said, after giving birth to Cain, 'I have gained a man, Jehovah', by which is meant the doctrine of faith, called 'a man, Jehovah'. It is also clear from what has been shown already about 'a man' (vir) meaning the understanding, to which faith belongs. From this it is clear that he also annihilated charity, which is called 'a little one', that is, a little child, for anyone who denies, or murders, faith at the same time denies and murders charity to which faith gives birth.