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Genesis 2:19

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19 And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim had formed every animal of the field and all fowl of the heavens, and brought [them] to Man, to see what he would call them; and whatever Man called each living soul, that was its name.

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Arcana Coelestia #79

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79. The celestial man is a garden such as this. But because it is the Lord's, though he is free to enjoy all things in it he is not free to take possession of them as his own, verse 15.

  
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