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1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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11. The fifth state is when he speaks from faith and in so doing confirms himself in truth and good. What he brings forth at this point are animate and are called the fish of the sea and the birds of the air. 1
Footnotes:
1. literally, birds of the heavens (or the skies)
Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.
22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.