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Genesis 31:44

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44 νυν-D ουν-X δευρο-D διατιθημι-VE--AMS1P διαθηκη-N1--ASF εγω- P--NS και-C συ- P--NS και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S εις-P μαρτυριον-N2N-ASN ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM εγω- P--GS και-C συ- P--GS ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSM ιδου-I ουδεις-A3--NSM μετα-P εγω- P--GP ειμι-V9--PAI3S οραω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM μαρτυς-N3--NSM ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM εγω- P--GS και-C συ- P--GS

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Divine Love and Wisdom #325

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325. Since there is a human image to everything in the universe, Adam's wisdom and intelligence are described by the garden of Eden, where there were trees of every kind, as well as rivers, precious stones, and gold, along with the animals that he named. All of these meant things that were within him and that made him what we call "human."

Quite similar things are said of Assyria in Ezekiel 31:3-9, meaning the church as far as its intelligence is concerned, and about Tyre in Ezekiel 28:12, 23 [13], meaning the church in regard to its firsthand knowledge of what is good and true.

  
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