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And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
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And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
670. That by the “living soul” are signified the things of the understanding, and by “all flesh” those of the will, is evident from what has been said before, and from what follows. By “living soul” in the Word is signified every living creature in general, of whatever kind (as in chapter 1, 24; 2:19); but here, being immediately connected with “all flesh” it signifies the things which are of the understanding; for the reason before advanced that the man of this church was to be regenerated first as to intellectual things. And therefore in the following verse the “fowl” (which signifies intellectual or rational things) is mentioned first, and afterwards the “beasts” which are things of the will. “Flesh” specifically signifies that which is corporeal, which is of the will.