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Genesis 7:21

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21 And all flesh that moved on the earth expired, fowl as well as cattle, and beasts, and all crawling things which crawl on the earth, and all mankind:

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Arcana Coelestia #722

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722. Verse 3. Of the fowl of the heavens also by sevens, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the faces of the whole earth. By “the fowl of the heavens” are signified things of the understanding; by “sevens” those which are holy; by “male and female” truths and goods; “to keep seed alive upon the faces of the whole earth” signifies truths of faith.

  
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