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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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Arcana Coelestia #60

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60. Verse 31 And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning, a sixth day.

This verse says 'very good', whereas previous verses merely said 'good', for now the things of faith make one with those of love. A marriage has accordingly taken place between spiritual and celestial things.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #10147

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10147. 'Where I will meet with you to speak to you there' means His presence and influx. This is clear from the meaning of 'meeting to speak' as presence and influx; for 'meeting with' means presence, and 'speaking' - when it refers to Jehovah, that is, the Lord - means influx. For the meaning of 'speaking' as influx, see 2951, 5481, 5797, 7270; what the Lord's presence is has been stated above in 10146; but as regards what His influx is, see the places referred to in 9223, 9276, 9682.

  
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