Arcana Coelestia #475
475. Verse 2 Male and female He created them, and blessed them, and called their name Man, on the day when they were created.
'Male and female' means the marriage of faith and love. 'Calling their name Man' means the Church, which in a particular sense is called Man.
2 Kings 20:8-11
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And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?
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And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forth ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
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And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
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And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
