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여호와께서 그 향기를 흠향하시고 그 중심에 이르시되 내가 다시는 사람으로 인하여 땅을 저주하지 아니하리니 이는 사람의 마음의 계획하는 바가 어려서부터 악함이라 내가 전에 행한 것 같이 모든 생물을 멸하지 아니하리니
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Arcana Coelestia #890
890. 'And he sent out the dove' means a state of receiving the goods and truths of faith. This similarly is clear from what has been stated at verse 10, for the words are the same and the sense too, the sole difference being that in that verse the subject is the second state, in this verse the third. The third state is described by 'the dove's not coming back', also by 'Noah's removing the covering from the ark', and lastly by 'his going out of the ark because the face 1 of the ground had dried up and the earth had dried out'.
Footnotes:
1. literally, the faces
