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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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Wild beasts

  

'Wild beasts' denote affections and lusts.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 45-46 [3])

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Acts 17:16

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16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.