Nine Questions (Rose) n. 9

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9. QUESTION 9 If there was no man named Noah, why is it said in Ezek. xiv 14, 'Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job...'? I am not much bothered by these details, Mr. Hartley says, but I should like to put the question.

ANSWER Noah is named in Ezekiel xiv 14 because of his having been named in Genesis, and the meaning is therefore the same in the prophet as it is in Moses. This man with his three sons was significative of the subsequent church. See the discussion of this subject in the ARCANA COELESTIA.


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