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Genesis 6:22

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22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

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Arcana Coelestia #564

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564. Verse 1 And so it was that man began to multiply himself over the face 1 of the ground, and daughters were born to them.

'Man' here means the human race at that period of time. 'The face 1 of the ground' means the whole of that area where the Church was. 'Daughters' here means the things that constituted the will of that man, and so means evil desires.

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1. literally, the faces

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