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Genesis 1:20

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20 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐκἄγω-VB--AAD3S ὁ- A--NPN ὕδωρ-N3T-NPN ἑρπετόν-N2N-APN ψυχή-N1--GPF ζάω-V3--PAPGPF καί-C πετεινόν-N2N-APN πέτομαι-V1--PMPAPN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF κατά-P ὁ- A--ASN στερέωμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S οὕτως-D

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Arcana Coelestia #138

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138. Verse 18. And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help as with him. By “alone” is signified that he was not content to be led by the Lord, but desired to be led by self and the world; by a “help as with him” is signified man’s Own, which is subsequently called a “rib built into a woman.”

  
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