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Γένεση 8:13

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13 Κατα δε το εξακοσιοστον πρωτον ετος του Νωε, την πρωτην του πρωτου μηνος, εξελιπον τα υδατα απο της γης· και εσηκωσεν ο Νωε την στεγην της κιβωτου, και ειδε, και ιδου, εξελιπε το υδωρ απο προσωπου της γης.

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Arcana Coelestia #877

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877. 'The waters were over the face 1 of the earth' means that falsities were still there to overflowing. This is clear from the meaning of 'the waters of the flood' as falsities, as shown adequately already, and so from the very words themselves.

Footnotes:

1. literally, the faces

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