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Γένεση 7:17

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17 Και εγεινεν ο κατακλυσμος τεσσαρακοντα ημερας επι της γης· και επληθυνθησαν τα υδατα, και εσηκωσαν την κιβωτον, και υψωθη υπερανω της γης.

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Arcana Coelestia #754

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754. Verse 11 In the six hundredth year of the years of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were split open, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.

'The six hundredth year, the second month, and the seventeenth day' means the second state of temptation. 'All the fountains of the great deep were split open' means the full extent of temptation involving things of the will. 'The floodgates of heaven were opened' means the full extent of temptation involving those of the understanding.

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