625. Verse 12 And God saw the earth ¹ and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth' 'God saw the earth ¹ ' means God's knowledge of man. 'It was corrupt' means that there was nothing but falsity. 'For all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth ¹ ' means that man's bodily-mindedness destroyed all understanding of truth.

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6093. 'How many are the days of the years of your life?' means regarding the state of life of the natural from the spiritual. This is clear from the meaning of 'the days', also 'the years', as states, dealt with in 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 3785, 4850; and from the meaning of 'life' as spiritual life, dealt with in 5407, 5890, in this case spiritual life in the natural, which is the natural from the spiritual.