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Genesis 11:13

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13 καὶ ἔζησεν αρφαξαδ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν καιναν ἔτη τετρακόσια τριάκοντα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν καὶ ἔζησεν καιναν ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν σαλα καὶ ἔζησεν καιναν μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν σαλα ἔτη τριακόσια τριάκοντα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν

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Arcana Coelestia #1303

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1303. That 'they said' means that this was done follows from the train of thought, just as the previous statement that 'they said, one man to the next' meant that it was started. Indeed this verse, by the tower, describes what Babel was like.

  
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