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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:2
2 Peter 3:5
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For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
Day and Night
In Genesis 8:22, this signifies the alternating states in intellectual matters of a regenerate person. (Arcana Coelestia 936)
In Isaiah 13:6 and Jeremiah 6:4, this stands for the state associated with that particular time. (Arcana Coelestia 23, 487)
