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Genesis 8:13

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13 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM εἷς-A3--DSM καί-C ἑξακοσιοστός-A1--DSN ἔτος-N3E-DSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ζωή-N1--DSF ὁ- A--GSM *νωε-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM πρῶτος-A1--GSMS μήν-N3--GSM εἷς-A1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM ἐκλείπω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSN ὕδωρ-N3--NSN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἀποκαλύπτω-VAI-AAI3S *νωε-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASF στέγη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSF κιβωτός-N2--GSF ὅς- --ASF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S ὅτι-C ἐκλείπω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSN ὕδωρ-N3--NSN ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

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Arcana Coelestia #860

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860. From these considerations it also becomes clear that all regeneration advances from evening to morning, as is mentioned six times in Genesis 1 where the regeneration of man is the subject. Here the evening is described in verses 2-3, the morning in verses 4-5. The present verse describes the first ray of light or the morning of this state as 'the tops of the mountains appearing'.

  
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