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1 Mose 8:8

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8 Und er ließ die Taube von sich aus, um zu sehen, ob die Wasser sich verlaufen hätten von der Fläche des Erdbodens;

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Arcana Coelestia #888

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888. Verse 12 And he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, and it did not come back to him any more.

'He waited yet another seven days' means the beginning of the third state, 'seven days' meaning that which is holy. 'And he sent out the dove' means a state of receiving the goods and truths of faith. 'The dove did not come back to him any more' means a state of freedom.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.