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You see, then, what a distinction the surface of the words makes between the natures of the two peoples: it calls the Israelites God’s children and the Canaanites a cursed seed.If the sound of these words referred to generation and birth, one would have to say that the generation of the devout differed from that of the profane.
Advertis ergo quantam distinctionem superficies verborum fecerit de naturis duarum plebium: Israelitas filios Dei vocat, et Chananaeos semen maledictum. Si hoc quod sonat ad generationes referretur et partus; dicendum erat, aliam esse religiosorum generationem, aliam profanorum.