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καὶ ἀπέθανεν πᾶσα σὰρξ κινουμένη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τῶν πετεινῶν καὶ τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ τῶν θηρίων καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετὸν κινούμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος
Genesis 7:21
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.
