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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o former_a place_n heb._n 1.2_o signify_v age_n or_o generation_n as_o sometime_o that_o word_n be_v find_v to_o do_v this_o last_o place_n which_o clear_o speak_v of_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n have_v the_o same_o word_n again_o will_v evict_v that_o the_o former_a place_n speak_v of_o world_n true_o so_o call_v as_o it_o be_v well_o and_o true_o render_v in_o our_o translation_n if_o you_o reply_v again_o that_o perhaps_o the_o apostle_n use_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o rabbin_n sometime_o take_v the_o word_n gnolam_fw-la gnolam_fw-la caton_n for_o the_o microcosm_n and_o gnolam_fw-la gadol_n for_o the_o macrocosm_n gnolam_fw-la hazzeh_n for_o this_o world_n and_o gnolam_fw-la habha_fw-la for_o the_o world_n to_o come_v and_o the_o same_o word_n again_o for_o the_o low_a world_n that_o be_v the_o earth_n sometime_o for_o the_o middle_a world_n which_o be_v all_o these_o visible_a heaven_n and_o last_o for_o the_o 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