47. That these words contain arcana relating to regeneration, is evident also from its being said in the foregoing verse that the earth should bring forth “the living soul, the beast, and the wild animal of the earth” whereas in the following verse the order is changed, and it said that God made “the wild animal of the earth” and likewise “the beast;” for at first, and afterwards until he becomes celestial, man brings forth as of himself; and thus regeneration begins from the external man, and proceeds to the internal; therefore here there is another order, and external things are mentioned first.
