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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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Marriage #34

  
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34. (19) Conjugial love depends upon the wife's love, and such too is the husband's love reciprocally; the wife's love does not depend on her husband's love. The reason is that just as the will acts on the understanding, good acts on truth; that is why it is said that a man ought to cleave to his wife. The reverse is true of those who are not in conjugial love.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #1146

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1146. That 'Shem, Ham, and Japheth' have the same meaning here as previously - 'Shem' true internal worship, 'Ham' corrupted internal worship, 'Japheth' external worship corresponding to internal - is clear from what has been stated about them already. There it has been shown not only that Shem, Ham, and Japheth mean those types of worship, but also what is meant by true internal worship, which is Shem; also what is meant by corrupted internal worship, which is Ham; as well as what is meant by external worship corresponding to internal, which is Japheth. Consequently there is no need to pause any longer over these meanings.

  
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