1973. WHAT IS MEANT BY EVENING AND MORNING, [AND] DAY. Gen. 1.

I spoke with spirits as to the import of day, and of morning and evening, Gen. 1. That day signifies time in general may be most clearly shown from the usage of the Scriptures, for that word signifies time.

'Spreading themselves on the earth,' as in Genesis 8:17, signifies the internal self operating on the external.

(Referencias: Arcana Coelestia 913)