Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 625

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625. Verse 12 And God saw the eartha and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth' 'God saw the eartha' means God's knowledge of man. 'It was corrupt' means that there was nothing but falsity. 'For all flesh had corrupted its way upon the eartha' means that man's bodily-mindedness destroyed all understanding of truth.

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a or the land


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