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…them, impregnating them with a generative power. Then, in the process of separating the waters, God declared, "Let the waters be gathered together into one place, and let dry land appear." Consequently, it becomes evident that the material substance, initially enshrouded by the waters and later, after a certain period of containment, resembling…
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