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Genesis 1:5

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5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first Day.

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Arcana Coelestia #26

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26. Verse 8 And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

What 'evening', 'morning', and 'day' mean, has been shown already at verse 5.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #8308

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8308. 'You have redeemed' means those whom He has delivered from hell. This is clear from the meaning of 'redeeming' as delivering from hell, dealt with in 7205, 7445.

  
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