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Secrets of Heaven #1225

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1225. The symbolism of Shem as the inner church was stated and illustrated in the last chapter, at verse 18 and later verses [§§1062, 1083, 1091, 1096:2, 1098, 1102:1, 3].

  
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Genesis 10:18

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18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.