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Genesis 7:11

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11 In the six hundreth year of the life of Noe in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the flood gates of heaven were open:

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Arcana Coelestia #791

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791. Up to now the subject has been Noah, or regenerate people called Noah, who were inside the ark and were lifted above the waters. What follows next deals with the descendants of the Most Ancient Church who were under the waters, that is, were overwhelmed by the waters.

  
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