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Genesis 4:8

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8 And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, [`Let us go into the field;'] and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.

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Arcana Coelestia #354

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354. That “Jehovah looked to Abel, and to his offering” signifies that the things of charity, and all worship grounded therein, are pleasing to the Lord, has been explained before, as regards both “Abel” and his “offering.”

  
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