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Genesis 7:17

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17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #750

Studere hoc loco

  
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750. 'As God had commanded' means that it was so accomplished. This has been shown already at verse 22 of the previous chapter and also at verse 5 of this.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.