2852. Verse 18 And in your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed because you have hearkened to My voice.

'In your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed' means the salvation of all who are endowed with good. 'Because you have hearkened to My voice' means through the union of the Lord's Human Essence with His Divine Essence.

Evening, a time when the light and heat are fading away, represents a state in which a person -- or a community of people -- is turning away from the Lord, with little desire left to be good and little knowledge left regarding what good is. Evening is often a time of judgment.

In Genesis 19:1, the evening signifies the visitation that comes before judgment. (Arcana Coelestia 2318)

In Genesis 30:16, this signifies the good or truth in a state of good, but in the obscurity that is characteristic of the natural. (Arcana Coelestia 3949)