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I ditt anletes svett skall du äta ditt bröd, till dess du vänder åter till jorden; ty av den är du tagen. Ty du är stoft, och till stoft skall du åter varda.»
291. This verse describes the initial period when the Church was in the bloom of its youth. As it represented the heavenly marriage, it is for that reason also described as a marriage, and called Eve from a word meaning life.
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