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Genesis 19:37

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37 καὶ ἔτεκεν ἡ πρεσβυτέρα υἱὸν καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μωαβ λέγουσα ἐκ τοῦ πατρός μου οὗτος πατὴρ μωαβιτῶν ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας

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Arcana Coelestia #2396

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2396. 'For their cry has become great before Jehovah' means because falsity deriving from evil is so extensive. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'a cry', dealt with in 2240. 'Cry' has reference to falsity, here to falsity deriving from evil, 2351.

  
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