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Genesis 2:7

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7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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Arcana Coelestia #852

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852. 'The seventh month' means that which is holy. This is abundantly clear from what has been shown already in 84-87, 395, 716. This holiness corresponds here to what was said at Chapter 2:3 about the celestial man, that 'the seventh day was made holy because God rested on that day'.

  
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