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Genesis 4:16

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16 And Cain went out from the face of the Lord, and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth, at the east side of Eden.

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Arcana Coelestia #341

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341. Verse 2. And she added to bear his brother Abel; and Abel was a shepherd of the flock, and Cain was a tiller of the ground. The second offspring of the church is charity, signified by “Abel” and “brother;” a “shepherd of the flock” denotes one who exercises the good of charity; and a “tiller of the ground” is one who is devoid of charity, however much he may be in faith separated from love, which is no faith.

  
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