799. Verses 21-22. And all flesh died that creepeth upon the earth, as to fowl, and as to beast, and as to wild animal, and as to every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; and every man; all in whose nostrils was the breathing of the breath of lives, of all that was in the dry land, died. “All flesh died that creepeth upon the earth” signifies that they who were of the last posterity of the Most Ancient Church became extinct; “as to fowl, and as to beast, and as to wild animal, and as to every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth” signifies their persuasions, wherein the “fowl” signifies affections of what is false, “beast” cupidities, “wild animal” pleasures, and “creeping thing” corporeal and earthly things. These in one complex are called “every man.” “All in whose nostrils was the breathing of the breath of lives” signifies the men who were of the Most Ancient Church in whose nostrils was the “breathing of the breath of lives” that is, in whom was the life of love and of the derivative faith; “of all that was in the dry land” signifies those men in whom there was no longer such life; that they “died” signifies that they expired.