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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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Arcana Coelestia #738

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738. He is called 'a son of six hundred years' here because, as shown already, 'son' means intellectual truth. He is not however referred to as a son in verse 11 below because there the subject is his temptation as regards things of the will.

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

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John 1:14

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14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.