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Genesis 11:7

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7 δεῦτε καὶ καταβάντες συγχέωμεν ἐκεῖ αὐτῶν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἵνα μὴ ἀκούσωσιν ἕκαστος τὴν φωνὴν τοῦ πλησίον

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Arcana Coelestia #1372

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1372. This may be seen from the signification of “barren,” concerning which elsewhere. For, as before shown, a son and a daughter signify truth and good; and in the opposite sense, evil and falsity. Hence “barren” signifies that the evil and falsity of idolatrous worship reproduced itself no further.

  
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