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וַיִּבֶן נֹחַ מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה וַיִּקַּח מִכֹּל הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהֹורָה וּמִכֹּל הָעֹוף הַטָּהֹר וַיַּעַל עֹלֹת בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ׃
Bereshit 8:20
Arcana Coelestia # 853
853. That the “seventeenth day” signifies what is new, is evident from what has been said and shown concerning the same number in the preceding chapter (Genesis 7:11; n. 755), where it signifies a beginning; and every beginning is new.
