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Genesis 1:25

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25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #407

  
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407. Internal Meaning of Genesis, Chapter 6

1-7, 11-13 End of that church, when there was no longer any truth or good, because they were in their own intelligence;

8-10 and the beginning of a new church, which is meant by Noah and His three sons.

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

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Genesis 6:11-13

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11 The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

12 God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

13 God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.