1067. Verse 20 And Noah began to be a man (vir) of the ground, and planted a vineyard.

'Noah began to be a man of the ground' means in general a person who has been instructed from matters of doctrine concerning faith. 'And he planted a vineyard' means the Church resulting from this, 'vineyard' being the spiritual Church.

6504. 'And the physicians embalmed Israel' means the action taken to preserve good springing from truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'embalming' as a means of preservation from corruption, dealt with of immediately above in 6503, here the carrying out of such preservation since it states that they did embalm him; from the meaning of 'the physicians' as preservation from evils, dealt with above in 6502; and from the representation of 'Israel' as spiritual good, which is the same as good that springs from truth, also dealt with above, in 6499.