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Бытие 4:2

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2 Потомъ родила брата его Авеля. Авель былъ пастырь овецъ; а Каинъ былъ земледјлецъ.

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Arcana Coelestia #437

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437. Here 'Seth' means new faith, by way of which comes charity. This is explained by his very name, which he received because 'God has appointed another seed in place of Abel, seeing that Cain had killed him'. 'God has appointed another seed' means that the Lord conferred another faith. 'Another seed' is faith by way of which charity may be received. That 'seed' means faith, see what has been stated already in 255.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Иов 15:20

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20 Нечестивый мучит себя во все дни свои, и число лет закрыто отпритеснителя;