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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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Birds eating from the basket

  

In Genesis 40:17, birds eating from the basket signify evil from the will. The birds indicate falsity from evil consumed in works of charity. (Arcana Coelestia 5148-5149)

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Numbers 21:14-15

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14 Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Yahweh, "Vaheb in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon,

15 the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab."