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Genesis 1:9

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9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

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Arcana Coelestia #475

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475. Verse 2 Male and female He created them, and blessed them, and called their name Man, on the day when they were created.

'Male and female' means the marriage of faith and love. 'Calling their name Man' means the Church, which in a particular sense is called Man.

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

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Jeremiah 22:30

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30 Thus says Yahweh, Write you this man childless, a man who shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting on the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.