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Genezo 7:18

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18 Kaj la akvo fortigxis sur la tero, kaj la arkeo nagxis sur la suprajxo de la akvo.

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Arcana Coelestia #853

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853. 'The seventeenth day' means that which is new. This is clear from what has been stated and shown concerning that same number at Chapter 7:11, in 755, where it means a beginning. Every beginning is something new.

  
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