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Ta postérité sera comme la poussière de la terre; tu t'étendras à l'occident et à l'orient, au septentrion et au midi; et toutes les familles de la terre seront bénies en toi et en ta postérité.
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Ta postérité sera comme la poussière de la terre; tu t'étendras à l'occident et à l'orient, au septentrion et au midi; et toutes les familles de la terre seront bénies en toi et en ta postérité.
'Haran,' as mentioned in Genesis 12:5, signifies an obscure state.
In Genesis 11:28, this signifies inward idolatrous worship.
In Genesis 28:10, this signifies external good and truth.
In Genesis 29:4, this signifies collateral good of a common stock.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1367, Genesis 11)
'Being sent' means coming forth, (or going forth), in the internal sense, as in John 17:8. In similar manner, it is said of the holy of the spirit, that it was 'sent,' that is, it goes forth from the divine of the Lord, as in John 15:26, 16:5, 7.
So, too, the prophets were called 'the sent,' because the words which they spoke went forth from the holy of the spirit of the Lord.
'To be sent,' as in Genesis 37:13, signifies teaching.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2397; John 15:7)