1 Mose 8:8

⁸ Danach ließ er eine Taube von sich ausfliegen, auf daß er erführe, ob das Gewässer gefallen wäre auf Erden.

Arcana Coelestia #733

733. Verse 6 And Noah was a son of six hundred years, and a flood of waters came to be over the earth.

'Noah was a son of six hundred years' means his initial state of temptation. 'A flood of waters over the earth' means the onset of temptation.

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.