1019. Verse 8 And God said to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

'God said to Noah and to his sons with him, saying' means the truth of the things that follow concerning the spiritual Church, meant by 'Noah and his sons with him'.

In Exodus 20:25, this signifies truths formed from good, or good in form, to signifies that nothing of self-intelligence should be involved in its forming. (Apocalypse Explained 391[21, 21])