The Bible

Genesis 1:20

²⁰ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

The Bible

2 Peter 3:5

⁵ For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

From Swedenborg's Works

Arcana Coelestia #26

Study this Passage

26. Verse 8 And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

What 'evening', 'morning', and 'day' mean, has been shown already at verse 5.

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