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Genesis 6:4

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4 There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

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Arcana Coelestia #667

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667. Thou shalt enter into the ark, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. That this signifies that he would be saved, is evident from what has been said before and from what follows: that he was saved because regenerated.

  
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