In Genesis 15:2, this signifies a state deprived of good and truth and thus no longer representing the church. (Arcana Coelestia 4886[3]) Childless also signifies that there is no internal church. (Arcana Coelestia 1794)

1794. 'What will You give me, seeing that I go childless' ¹ means that there was no internal Church. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'walking childless'. In the internal sense 'walking' is living, as shown already in 519. One who is childless however, who has no seed or descendants of his own, is dealt with below in verses 3-5, where the meaning of one who is childless or has no seed is explained.

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