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Genesis 9:12

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12 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM πρός-P *νωε-N---ASM οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN σημεῖον-N2N-NSN ὁ- A--GSF διαθήκη-N1--GSF ὅς- --ASN ἐγώ- P--NS δίδωμι-V8--PAI1S ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C σύ- P--GP καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM πᾶς-A1S-GSF ψυχή-N1--GSF ζάω-V3--PAPGSF ὅς- --NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S μετά-P σύ- P--GP εἰς-P γενεά-N1A-APF αἰώνιος-A1B-APF

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Arcana Coelestia #1037

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1037. That 'and God said' means that it was so has been stated and shown already; for God's or Jehovah's saying, or His having said, means that it was so. Because the most ancient people used to weave together as a historical tale things to do with the Church, they would say, when wishing to assert that something was so, 'God said' or 'Jehovah said'. With them this was a commonplace expression for asserting and confirming something.

  
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