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Genesis 1:3

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3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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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 #4616

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4616. 'And the days of Isaac were' means the state of the Divine Rational at this point. This is clear from the meaning of 'days' as states, dealt with in 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 3785, and from the representation of 'Isaac' as the Divine Rational, dealt with immediately above in 4615.

  
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