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Genesis 11:24

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24 καί-C ζάω-VAI-AAI3S *ναχωρ-N---NSM ἔτος-N3E-APN ἑβδομήκοντα-M ἐννέα-M καί-C γεννάω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *θαρα-N---ASM

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Arcana Coelestia #1313

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1313. Which the sons of man were building. That this signifies which they had devised for themselves, is clear without explication. “The sons of man” here are the sons of the church; for they who are not of the church, and have not the knowledges of faith, cannot devise such things. That such as these cannot profane holy things, has been shown before n. 301-303vvv2, 593).

  
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