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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 #8892

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8892. 'And all that is in them' means of all that are there, that is to say, vivifying them. This is clear without explanation.

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

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Genesis 9:1

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1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.