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Genesis 1:7

⁷ And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

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Genesis 9:6

⁶ Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Commentary

Spreading themselves

'Spreading themselves on the earth,' as in Genesis 8:17, signifies the internal self operating on the external.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 913)