The Bible

Genesis 1:15

¹⁵ And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

The Bible

2 Kings 19:16

¹⁶ LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

Commentary

Spreading themselves

'Spreading themselves on the earth,' as in Genesis 8:17, signifies the internal self operating on the external.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 913)