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καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ὑετὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας καὶ τεσσαράκοντα νύκτας
Arcana Coelestia #786
786. That by “forty days” is signified the duration of the church called “Noah” was shown above (at verse 4). Here it is “forty days” there “forty days and forty nights;” because in that place the duration of temptation was signified, in which the “nights” are anxieties.
