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1 Mosebok 4:14

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14 Se, du driver mig nu bort ifrån åkerjorden, och jag måste gömma mig undan för ditt ansikte. Ostadig och flyktig skall jag bliva på jorden, och så skall ske att vemhelst som möter mig, han dräper mig.»

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Arcana Coelestia #392

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392. Verse 15. And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should smite him. By “vengeance being taken sevenfold on anyone who slays Cain” is signified that to do violence to faith even when thus separated would be a sacrilege; “Jehovah set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should smite him” signifies that the Lord distinguished faith in a particular manner, in order that it might be preserved.

  
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