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And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
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And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
843. Verse 2. The fountains also of the deep and the cataracts of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. These words signify that temptation ceased; “the fountains also of the deep” signify evils of the will; “the cataracts of heaven” falsities of the understanding; and “rain” signifies temptation itself in general.