The Bible

Genesis 1:22

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

Commentary

Birds

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"Birds" represent rational concepts in the external man and intellectual concepts in the internal man.

Commentary

Face of the water

The face of the water (Genesis 1:2) signifies the knowledges of good and truth.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 19)