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Postanak 7:24

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24 Stotinu pedeset dana vladahu vode zemljom.

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Arcana Coelestia #722

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722. Verse 3 Also of the birds of the air 1 seven and seven of each, male and female, to keep their seed alive over the face 2 of the whole earth.

'Birds of the air 1 means things of the understanding. 'Sevens of each' means that they are holy. 'Male and female' means truths and goods. 'To keep their seed alive over the face 2 of the whole earth' means truths of faith.

Footnotes:

1. literally, bird of the heavens (or the skies)

2. literally, over the faces

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.