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Génesis 4:13

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13 Y dijo Caín á Jehová: Grande es mi iniquidad para ser perdonada.

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Arcana Coelestia #361

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361. Verse 7. If thou doest well, is there not an uplifting? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and to thee is his desire, and thou rulest over him. “If thou doest well, an uplifting” signifies that if thou art well disposed thou hast charity; “if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door” signifies that if thou art not well disposed thou hast no charity, but evil. “To thee is his desire, and thou rulest over him” signifies that charity is desirous to be with thee, but cannot because thou desirest to rule over it.

  
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