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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 #486

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486. Verse 4 And the days of Man after he beget Seth were eight hundred years; and he beget sons and daughters.

'Days' means periods of time and states in general. 'Years' means periods of time and states in particular. 'Sons and daughters' means the truths and goods that they perceived.

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

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Genesis 2:16

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16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: