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Genesis 1:28

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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.

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Toil

  

In Genesis 5:29; 41:51, this signifies that they could not do anything good. (Arcana Coelestia 531)

In Genesis 41:51, this signifies conflict and temptation. (Arcana Coelestia 5352)

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1 Corinthians 15:27

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27 For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet." But when he says, "all things are put in subjection," it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.