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And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
Genesis 8:8
Came to pass
The phrase “it came to pass,” often also translated as “it happened,” generally indicates the end of one spiritual state and the beginning of a new one. To some degree, the phrase is used in the place of punctuation in the original language, marking the transition from one set of circumstances to another.
(参照: Arcana Coelestia 4979, 4987, 5031, 5220, 5578)
