754. Verse 11 In the six hundredth year of the years of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were split open, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.

'The six hundredth year, the second month, and the seventeenth day' means the second state of temptation. 'All the fountains of the great deep were split open' means the full extent of temptation involving things of the will. 'The floodgates of heaven were opened' means the full extent of temptation involving those of the understanding.

7876. 'A sign for you on the houses where you are' means that it bears witness to a will that seeks what is good. This is clear from the meaning of 'being a sign as bearing witness; and from the meaning of 'the houses' as the desires composing a will that seeks what is good, dealt with above in 7848.