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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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Arcana Coelestia #4616

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4616. 'And the days of Isaac were' means the state of the Divine Rational at this point. This is clear from the meaning of 'days' as states, dealt with in 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 3785, and from the representation of 'Isaac' as the Divine Rational, dealt with immediately above in 4615.

  
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