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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
'Spreading themselves on the earth,' as in Genesis 8:17, signifies the internal self operating on the external.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 913)