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1 Mosebok 5:19

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19 Och sedan Jered hade fött Hanok, levde han åtta hundra år och födde söner och döttrar.

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Arcana Coelestia #473

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473. 'The likeness of God' is the celestial man and 'the image of God' is the spiritual man. This too has been shown already, for an image is approaching a likeness, while a likeness is a perfect replica. For the celestial man is governed so completely by the Lord that he is the likeness of Him.

  
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