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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.
Genesis 1:2
Arcana Coelestia #8230
8230. 'And covered the chariots and the horsemen, and all Pharaoh's army' means that their own falsities hid them. This is clear from the meaning of 'covering' as overwhelming, thus hiding; and from the meaning of 'Pharaoh's chariots and horsemen' as doctrinal teachings upholding falsity, and reasonings that fight against truths and forms of good, in general actual falsities arising from evil. For the meaning of 'chariots' as doctrinal teachings upholding falsity, and of 'horsemen' as reasonings belonging to a perverted understanding, see 8146, 8148. For their fighting against truths and forms of good, see 8215.
