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Genesis 19:34

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34 And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father.

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Arcana Coelestia #2378

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2378. That 'the men reached out their hand' means the Lord's powerful aid is clear from the meaning of 'the men' as the Lord, dealt with above, and from the meaning of 'hand' as power, dealt with in 878.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #877

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877. 'The waters were over the face 1 of the earth' means that falsities were still there to overflowing. This is clear from the meaning of 'the waters of the flood' as falsities, as shown adequately already, and so from the very words themselves.

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1. literally, the faces

  
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