Genesis 1:11

¹¹ And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Arcana Coelestia # 1225

1225. That 'Shem' means the internal Church has been stated and shown in verse 18 onwards of the previous chapter.

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

¹⁷ And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.