860. From these considerations it also becomes clear that all regeneration advances from evening to morning, as is mentioned six times in Genesis 1 where the regeneration of man is the subject. Here the evening is described in verses 2-3, the morning in verses 4-5. The present verse describes the first ray of light or the morning of this state as 'the tops of the mountains appearing'.

A fracture in the feet and hands, as in Leviticus 21:19, 21, signifies perverted external worship.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2162)