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.

Arcana Coelestia #603

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.

²¹ And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.