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Genesis 7:12

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12 And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

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Arcana Coelestia #723

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723. That 'birds of the air' 1 means things of the understanding has been shown already, so there is no need to pause over it here.

Footnotes:

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

  
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