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Genesis 7:2

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2 of all the clean beasts thou dost take to thee seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean two, a male and its female;

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Arcana Coelestia #744

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744. That affections of good are signified by “the clean beast” has been stated and explained before, at the second verse (Genesis 7:2) of this chapter, and therefore need not be dwelt upon; as also that cupidities, that is, evil affections, are signified by “the beast not clean.”

  
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