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Genesis 4:19

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19 And Lamech took to him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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Arcana Coelestia #351

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351. That 'Abel' means charity has been shown already. Charity means love towards the neighbour and compassion, for anyone who loves his neighbour as himself also has as much compassion for him in his suffering as he does for himself in his own.

  
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