The Bible

Genesis 1:6

⁶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

From Swedenborg's Works

Arcana Coelestia #603

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603. He was to be preserved when the rest would perish in a deluge of evil and falsity, verse 17.

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

The Bible

Genesis 6:11

¹¹ The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.