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Genesis 7:18

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18 En de wateren namen de overhand, en vermeerderden zeer op de aarde; en de ark ging op de wateren.

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Arcana Coelestia #810

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810. Both man and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the heavens. That these words signify the nature of their evil; “man” that nature itself; “beast” cupidities; “creeping thing” pleasures and “fowl of the heavens” falsities thence derived, is evident from the signification of all these things as given above, wherefore there is no need to dwell upon them.

  
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