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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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Spiritual Experiences #1973

  
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1973. WHAT IS MEANT BY EVENING AND MORNING, [AND] DAY. Gen. 1.

I spoke with spirits as to the import of day, and of morning and evening, Gen. 1. That day signifies time in general may be most clearly shown from the usage of the Scriptures, for that word signifies time.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem for the permission to use this translation.

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2 Kings 11:1-2

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1 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, [and put them] in the bedroom; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain;