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Genesis 6:20

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20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping animal of the earth after its kind, two of every sort shall come to thee, to keep them alive.

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Arcana Coelestia #559

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559. The Lord's mercy is described by repenting and grieving in heart, verse 6. People came to be such that their desires and persuasions led inevitably to their annihilation, verse 7. Consequently so that the human race might be saved, a new Church meant by Noah was to arise, verse 8.

  
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