1. [Abel (Abel), d. charitas, 342, 374.]

{*Note: This subject is taken from the First Index. For some reason it was not transferred to this Second Index. No doubt there are other entries that have references to the first and second Latin volumes that did not get transferred to the Second Index. This one is included as an example of such an instance. The subject "Abimelechus" is found at the top of the page 2 of the manuscript, but page 1, although numbered, is otherwise blank.]

151. Verse 22 And Jehovah God built the rib which He took from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man.

'Building means reconstructing that which has fallen down, 'rib' the proprium that has not been given life, 'woman the proprium that has been given life by the Lord, 'bringing her to the man' that a proprium was granted to him. Since the descendants of this Church, unlike their ancestors, did not wish to be the celestial man, but to be their own guides and so set their heart on the proprium, they were allowed to have one. It was however a proprium given life by the Lord, which is why it is called 'a woman', and after that 'a wife'.