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1 Mose 8:12

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12 Aber er harrete noch andere sieben Tage und ließ eine Taube ausfliegen, die kam nicht wieder zu ihm.

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Arcana Coelestia #873

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873. Verse 9. And the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark, for the waters were on the faces of the whole earth; and he put forth his hand and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark. “And the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot” signifies that nothing of the good and truth of faith could yet take root; “and she returned unto him to the ark” signifies good and truth appearing with him as though they were of faith; “for the waters were on the faces of the whole earth” signifies that falsities were still overflowing; “and he put forth his hand” signifies his own power; “and took her and brought her in unto him into the ark” signifies that he did what was good and thought what was true from himself.

  
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