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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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Genesis 6:1

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1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

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Arcana Coelestia #6918

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6918. 'And clothes' means inferior factual knowledge corresponding to these. This is clear from the meaning of 'clothes' as inferior factual knowledge, dealt with in 2576, 5248. 'Clothes' has this meaning because they envelop more internal things.

  
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