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Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
Genesis 8:8
Arcana Coelestia #881
881. That “seven” signifies what is holy, because charity is now treated of, is evident from the signification of “seven” (concerning which above, n. 395, 716. Moreover “seven” is inserted here for the coherence of all things historically, as “seven” and “seven days” in the natural sense add nothing but a certain holiness, which this second state has from the celestial, that is, from charity.
