The Bible

Genesis 1:10

¹⁰ And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Commentary

Image

'An image' or 'images' signify falsities from self-derived intelligence.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 304)

Commentary

Spreading themselves

'Spreading themselves on the earth,' as in Genesis 8:17, signifies the internal self operating on the external.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 913)