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Genesis 1:8

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8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

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Midwife

  

'Midwives,' as in Exodus 1:15-21, signify receptions of truth in the natural principle. 'A midwife,' as in Genesis 26, signifies the natural level.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 4588, Genesis 1, 15)


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Ezekiel 29:5

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5 I'll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the open field. You won't be brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.