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Genesis 1:4

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4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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Genesis 9:6

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6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

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Arcana Coelestia #2938

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2938. 'Let him give it to me in the midst of you as a possession for a grave' means possession gained thus through regeneration. This becomes clear without explanation, for 'a grave' is regeneration, as shown above in 2916.

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