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Genesis 11:16

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16 And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.

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Arcana Coelestia #1340

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1340. There is no need to confirm that this is what these words mean as it has been stated already at verse 24 of the previous chapter 1 that 'Shelah' was a nation so named and that it means that which is the offspring of knowledge.

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1. i.e. 1237

  
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