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Genesis 1:6

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

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Arcana Coelestia #62

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62. The stages and states of the regeneration of man - both of mankind and of the individual person - divide into six and are called the days of his creation. Gradually from being no man at all, he first becomes something, though only little, then something more, until the sixth day is reached, when he becomes 'an image'.

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

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Proverbs 8:29

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29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: