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1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
'To open,' as in Revelation 9, signifies communication and conjunction.
(References: Apocalypse Explained 537)
6 The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.