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Genesis 1:14

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14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

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Genesis 9:1

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1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

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Arcana Coelestia #3710

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3710. 'And in your seed' means and to truth, that is to say, those truths taught by doctrine will be joined to it. This is clear from the meaning of 'seed' as truth, dealt with in 29, 1025, 1447, 1610, 2848, 3373.

  
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