Arcana Coelestia # 625
625. Verse 12 And God saw the earth 1 and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth' 'God saw the earth 1 ' means God's knowledge of man. 'It was corrupt' means that there was nothing but falsity. 'For all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth 1 ' means that man's bodily-mindedness destroyed all understanding of truth.
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1. or the land
Genesis 2:7
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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.
