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Genesis 21:23

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23 Swear therefore by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger.

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Arcana Coelestia # 2695

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2695. Verse 18 Rise up, lift the boy up, and strengthen your hand in him, for I will make him into a great nation.

'Rise up' means an uplifting of the mind. 'Lift the boy up' means the spiritual as regards truth. 'And strengthen your hand in him' means support received from this. 'For I will make him into a great nation' means the spiritual Church.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.