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Genesis 1:7

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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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Firmament and waters

  

In Genesis 1:6, the water above represents knowledge in the internal man, and the firmament beneath relates to external, materially-oriented knowledge.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 24)

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Isaiah 61:11

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11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.