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there came··in two and two to▵ Noaḥ into▵ the ark◦, male and female, as◦ God had commanded Noaḥ.
Genesis 7:9
Arcana Coelestia # 811
811. 'They were wiped out from the earth' is the finish, namely that the Most Ancient Church breathed its last. 'Noah alone remained and that which was with him in the ark' means that those who constituted the new Church were preserved. And 'that which was with him in the ark' means all the things which belonged to that new Church. No further explanation of these statements is necessary - since they are self-evident.
