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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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Arcana Coelestia #4698

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4698. 'Were bowing down to me' means worship. This is clear from the meaning of 'bowing down' as worship, dealt with above in 4689.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #518

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518. Verse 22 And Enoch walked with God after he beget Methuselah three hundred years; and he beget sons and daughters.

'Walking with God' means doctrine concerning faith. 'He beget sons and daughters' means matters of doctrine concerning truths and goods.

  
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