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Genesis 1:22

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22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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1 Corinthians 15:38

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38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

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Great lights

  

Great lights, as in luminaries, signify love and faith, and are called in Genesis 1:14-17 the sun, moon, and stars.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 31 [1-3], Genesis 1, 14)