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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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Psalms 104:6

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6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

Commentary

 

To go up and to go down

  

Going up refers to going towards spiritual and celestial things, for these are inward things, and are also believed to be higher. Going down refers to going towards natural and earthly things, for these are outward things, and also appear lower.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 5406)