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Genesis 1:29

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29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

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Arcana Coelestia #852

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852. 'The seventh month' means that which is holy. This is abundantly clear from what has been shown already in 84-87, 395, 716. This holiness corresponds here to what was said at Chapter 2:3 about the celestial man, that 'the seventh day was made holy because God rested on that day'.

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

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Genesis 2:3

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3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.