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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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Arcana Coelestia #8509

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8509. 'And so it was on the seventh day' means a state when good and truth have been joined together. This is clear from the meaning of 'the seventh day', or the sabbath, as the joining together of good and truth, as above in 8507.

  
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Jeremiah 51:22

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22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;