Genesis 6:7

⁷ Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."

Arcana Coelestia #595

595. That the fowl of the heavens signifies whatever is of the understanding, that is, of thought, may also be seen above n. 40).

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