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Génesis 9:15

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15 Y me acordaré de mi pacto que está entre mí y vosotros y toda alma viviente en toda carne; y no serán más las aguas por diluvio para destruir a toda carne.

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Arcana Coelestia #1018

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1018. The reason why it is here said again, “Be ye fruitful, and multiply” as in the first verse (Genesis 9:1) of the chapter, is that here is the conclusion, and that all things will go well, and will be fruitful and multiply, if men shun what is signified by eating blood and by shedding blood, that is, if they do not extinguish charity by hatreds and profanations.

  
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Luke 8:8

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8 Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"