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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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Third

  

'Three' denotes fullness, and 'a third,' not full.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 2788 [1-13])

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Genesis 1:16

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16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.