Arcana Coelestia #1019
1019. Verse 8 And God said to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
'God said to Noah and to his sons with him, saying' means the truth of the things that follow concerning the spiritual Church, meant by 'Noah and his sons with him'.
2 Peter 3:5
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For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: