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Genesis 11:3

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3 And they said one to another, come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

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Arcana Coelestia #1348

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1348. Verse 19. And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. “And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years,” signifies the duration and state; “Peleg” and “Reu” signify the same here as before; “and begat sons and daughters,” signifies rituals.

  
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