486. Verse 4 And the days of Man after he beget Seth were eight hundred years; and he beget sons and daughters.

'Days' means periods of time and states in general. 'Years' means periods of time and states in particular. 'Sons and daughters' means the truths and goods that they perceived.

1772. In the Lord's Divine mercy I too have been allowed in a similar way to see the Word of the Lord in its beauty in the internal sense. I have seen it many times, not when individual expressions are being explained as to their internal sense, but when every single thing is presented in a single sequence of thought. This may be called seeing a heavenly paradise by means of an earthly one.