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Genesis 1:24

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24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

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Arcana Coelestia #748

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748. 'They went into the ark' means that these pairs were protected. This has been stated already at verse 7 above where Noah, his sons, and their wives are the subject.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Genesis 7:23

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23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.