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At ang kalapati ay nagbalik sa kaniya ng dakong hapon; at, narito't may dalang isang dahong sariwa ng olivo sa tuka: sa gayon ay naunawa ni Noe na humupa na ang tubig sa lupa.
Genesis 8:11
Arcana Coelestia # 881
881. That “seven” signifies what is holy, because charity is now treated of, is evident from the signification of “seven” (concerning which above, n. 395, 716. Moreover “seven” is inserted here for the coherence of all things historically, as “seven” and “seven days” in the natural sense add nothing but a certain holiness, which this second state has from the celestial, that is, from charity.
