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Genesis 1:23

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23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

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Arcana Coelestia #43

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43. Verse 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas; and let birds be multiplied upon the earth.

Everything that has life in it from the Lord is fruitful and multiplies without limit. This does not happen during a person's lifetime, but in the next life it does so to an astonishing extent. In the Word 'to be fruitful' has reference to matters of love, while 'to multiply' has reference to matters of faith. The fruit of love contains the seed by which it multiplies itself to so great an extent. The Lord' s blessing also means, in the Word, fruitfulness and multiplication, for they are the outcome of that blessing.

Verse 23 And there was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #2013

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2013. 'I will make you more and more fruitful' means endless fruitfulness of good. This is clear from the meaning of 'being fruitful' as having reference to good, dealt with already in 43, 55, 913, 983. And because the expression 'more and more' is used and the Lord is the subject, endless fruitfulness is meant.

  
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