The Bible

 

Genesis 1:30

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30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

Commentary

 

Birds

  
Photo by Brita Conroy

"Birds" represent rational concepts in the external man and intellectual concepts in the internal man.

Commentary

 

Waters, rivers, and depths

  

'Waters,' 'rivers,' and 'depths,' as in Psalm 78:15-16, signify truths from the Lord.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 2702 [1-17])