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Genesis 4:18

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18 Xenok igraw barar, ig-as eṣəm Ɣirad, Ɣirad eraw Məxuyal, Məxuyal eraw Mətušal amaran Mətušal eraw Lamek.

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Arcana Coelestia #441

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441. The fact that this was not the point at which people first started to call on the name of Jehovah is quite clear from what appears in preceding sections about the Most Ancient Church, which excelled all other Churches in its adoration and worship of the Lord, and also from Abel' s bringing a gift from the firstborn of the flock. At the present point therefore nothing else is meant by 'calling on the name of Jehovah' than the worship of a new Church, after the previous Church had been annihilated by those who are called Cain and later on Lamech.

  
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Isaiah 43:22-23

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22 Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.

23 You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.