The Bible

 

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.

Commentary

 

Call

  
Two whitetail deer, photo by Joy Feerrar

To call someone or summon someone in the Bible represents a desire for conjunction between higher and lower states of life.

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #7956

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7956. 'And said, Rise, go out from the midst of my people' means that they should depart. This is clear without explanation.

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