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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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Arcana Coelestia #903

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903. Verses 15-16 And God spoke to Noah, saying, Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you.

'God spoke to Noah' means the Lord's presence with the member of this Church. 'Going out of the ark' means freedom. 'You and your wife means the Church. 'Your sons and your sons' wives with you' means truths, and goods joined to truths, residing with him.

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

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Isaiah 23:7

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7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.