The Bible

Genesis 1:28

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Commentary

Face of the water

The face of the water (Genesis 1:2) signifies the knowledges of good and truth.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 19)

From Swedenborg's Works

Charity #91

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91. 1. Man was created to be a form of love wisdom.

He was created into the image of God, into the likeness of God; ¹ and God is Love Itself and Wisdom Itself.

Footnotes:

1. Genesis 1:26.

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