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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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Genesis 9:6

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6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

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Arcana Coelestia #2111

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2111. That 'on that very day' means at that very time is clear from the meaning of 'a day' as a period of time and a state, also dealt with already, in 23, 487, 488, 493, 893.

  
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