The Bible

Genesis 1:8

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

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)

From Swedenborg's Works

Charity #91

Study this Passage

91. 1. Man was created to be a form of love wisdom.

He was created into the image of God, into the likeness of God; ¹ and God is Love Itself and Wisdom Itself.

Footnotes:

1. Genesis 1:26.

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