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and every shrub of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.
Genesis 2:5
Arcana Coelestia #137
137. THE INTERNAL SENSE
The first three chapters of Genesis treat in general of the Most Ancient Church, which is called “Man” [homo] from its first period to its last, when it perished: the preceding part of 2:0 treats of its most flourishing state, when it was a celestial man; here it now treats of those who inclined to their Own, and of their posterity.
