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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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The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #402

  
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402. Internal Meaning of Genesis, Chapter 1 (1)

1-31 In the spiritual sense the new creation or the regeneration of the men of the Most Ancient Church is here described; the process of their regeneration from firsts to lasts is here contained in its order.

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

Commentary

 

Provision or meat

  

'Provision' or 'meat,' as in Genesis 42:25 and Psalm 78:25, signifies support from truth and good.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 5400; Exodus 25)

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