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Arcana Coelestia #785

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785. Verses 17-18 And the flood was forty days over the earth, and the waters increased and raised the ark and lifted it above the earth. And the waters grew stronger and increased greatly over the earth; and the ark went over the face 1 of the waters.

'Forty days' means the duration of the Church called Noah. 'The flood' means the falsities which continued to inundate it. 'The waters increased and raised up the ark and lifted it above the earth' means that in such manner it wavered. 'The waters grew stronger and increased greatly over the earth, and the ark went over the face 1 of the waters' means that in such manner its waverings grew stronger.

Footnotes:

1. literally, over the faces

  
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