Arcana Coelestia #733
733. Verse 6. And Noah was a son of six hundred years, and the flood of waters was upon the earth. “Noah was a son of six hundred years” signifies his first state of temptation; “the flood of waters was upon the earth” signifies the beginning of temptation.
Genesis 7:14-16
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they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
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They went to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.
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Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.
