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Genesis 1:20

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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.

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Bear (to give birth)

  

In Genesis 16:11, this signifies production of truth that characterizes the rational, signified by Ishmael. (Arcana Coelestia 1945)

In Genesis 17:17, this signifies that truth conjoined with good effected the union of the rational of the Lord's Human Essence with His Divine Essence. (Arcana Coelestia 2074)

In Genesis 4:2, this signifies the second birth of the church, which is charity. (Arcana Coelestia 341-342)

In Genesis 4:17, this signifies one heresy producing another. (Arcana Coelestia 409)

In Genesis 29:32, this signifies spiritual birth from the external to the internal. (Arcana Coelestia 3860)

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Revelation 13:1

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1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.