The Bible

 

Genesis 1:1

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Fruitful

  

To be fruitful relates to goodnesses, and to be multiplied, truths.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1014, 1018)

Commentary

 

Calf of the people

  

In Psalm 68:30, the calf of the people worshiped as a god signifies affections for knowing falsities. It also signifies the goods of the church in the natural man. (Arcana Coelestia 9391[16])