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Genesis 8:1

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1 And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.

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Arcana Coelestia #919

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919. Verse 20. And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah; and took of every clean beast, and of every, clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. “Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah” signifies a representative of the Lord; “and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl” signifies the goods of charity and of faith; “and offered burnt-offerings on the altar” signifies all the worship therefrom.

  
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