6285. And let them grow unto a multitude in the midst of the earth. That this signifies extension from the inmost, is evident from the signification of the “midst,” as being the inmost (see n. 2940, 2973, 6068, 6084, 6103). Hence “growing unto a multitude” is extension; for the truths that are signified by a “multitude” extend themselves round about from the inmost, as from a center; and the greater the extension thence is, and the better this is in accordance with heavenly order, so much the more perfect is the state; this is the state which is signified by this part of the blessing: “and let them grow unto a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
