Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 786

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786. That 'forty days' means the duration of the Church called Noah has been shown above at verse 4. The present verse says 'forty days', but verse 4 says 'forty days and nights' because at that point the duration of temptation was meant, the 'nights' of which are anxieties.


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