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Genesis 1:26

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26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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Genesis 9:6

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6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

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Arcana Coelestia #4115

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4115. 'And he rose up' means a raising up. This is clear from what has been stated above in 4103 about the meaning of 'rising up'.

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