The Bible

 

Genesis 1:18

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18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

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Spiritual Experiences #1973

  
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1973. WHAT IS MEANT BY EVENING AND MORNING, [AND] DAY. Gen. 1.

I spoke with spirits as to the import of day, and of morning and evening, Gen. 1. That day signifies time in general may be most clearly shown from the usage of the Scriptures, for that word signifies time.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem for the permission to use this translation.

Commentary

 

Upon or over

  

'Upon' or 'over' signifies being spiritually higher, or interior.

(References: Apocalypse Revealed 900)