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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 #669

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669. Verse 19 And of every living creature of all flesh, pairs of all, you shall cause to enter the ark, to keep them alive with you; male and female they shall be.

'Living creature' 1 means things of the understanding, 'all flesh' those of the will. 'Pairs of all you shall cause to enter the ark' means the regeneration of these. 'Male' means truth, 'female' good.

Footnotes:

1. literally, living soul

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

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225 - All These Things Shall Be Added to You

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: All These Things Shall Be Added to You

Topic: Salvation

Summary: Passages in Scripture prepare us for hardship and loss in the short run and joy and abundance in the long run.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Matthew 6:31; 12:28
Genesis 1; 4
Matthew 21:28, 43
Mark 12:28
Luke 17:20-21
John 3:3
Galatians 5:14, 24
Psalms 16:8; 84:10-11
Matthew 25:20, 29
Luke 6:20, 35, 38
Genesis 1:22, 28; 8:17; 9:1; 17:20; 28:3
Ezekiel 36:25, 29, 34-35
Mark 4:30
Revelation 22:12, 14

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