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Genesis 9:9

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9 ἐγὼ ἰδοὺ ἀνίστημι τὴν διαθήκην μου ὑμῖν καὶ τῷ σπέρματι ὑμῶν μεθ' ὑμᾶς

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Arcana Coelestia #985

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985. Verse 2. And let the fear of you and the terror of you be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of heaven, even to everything which the ground causeth to creep forth, and to all the fishes of the sea; into your hands let them be given. “The fear of you and the terror of you” signifies the dominion of the internal man; “fear” having reference to evils; and “terror” to falsities; “upon every beast of the earth” signifies upon the cupidities which are of the mind [animus] “and upon every bird of heaven” signifies upon the falsities which belong to reasoning; “to everything which the ground causeth to creep forth” signifies affections of good; “to all the fishes of the sea” signifies memory-knowledges [scientifica] “let ahem be given into your hands” signifies the possession of the internal man in the external.

  
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