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Genesis 1:2

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2 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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Deuteronomy 4:19

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19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

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Arcana Coelestia #8231

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8231. 'Coming after them into the sea' means that they took possession of them. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming after them' - when said of the waters of the sea, by which falsities arising from evil are meant - as taking possession of.

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