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Genesis 1:12

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12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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Mark 10:6

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6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

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Arcana Coelestia #2164

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2164. Verse 5 And I will take a piece of bread, that you may refresh yourselves; 1 after that you may pass on, for this is why you have passed over to your servant. And they said, Do as you have spoken.

'I will take a piece of bread' means something heavenly or celestial to go with [that something natural]. 'That you may refresh yourselves' means insofar as it is in keeping. 'After that you may pass on' means when He had left off perceiving that He would be content with this. 'For this is why you have passed over to your servant' means that this had been the purpose of their coming. 'And they said, Do as you have spoken' means that this was to be done.

Footnotes:

1. literally, and support your heart

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