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Genesis 2:23

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23 and the man saith, `This [is] the [proper] step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;

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Arcana Coelestia #86

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86. When the spiritual man, who has become the “sixth day” is beginning to be celestial, which state is here first treated of, it is the “eve of the Sabbath” represented in the Jewish Church by the keeping holy of the Sabbath from the evening. The celestial man is the “morning” to be spoken of presently.

  
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