IBhayibheli

 

Bereshit 8:4

Funda

       

4 ותנח התבה בחדש השביעי בשבעה־עשר יום לחדש על הרי אררט׃

Okususelwe Emisebenzini kaSwedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #877

Funda lesi Sigaba

  
Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

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.

Imibhalo yaphansi:

1. literally, the faces

  
Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.