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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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Arcana Coelestia #60

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60. Verse 31 And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning, a sixth day.

This verse says 'very good', whereas previous verses merely said 'good', for now the things of faith make one with those of love. A marriage has accordingly taken place between spiritual and celestial things.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #10148

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10148. 'And there I will meet with the children of Israel' means the Lord's presence in the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'meeting with' as presence, as immediately above in 10147; and from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as the Church, dealt with in 9340.

  
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