2845. Verse 17 I will certainly bless you, and I will certainly multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens and like the sand which is on the seashore. And your seed will inherit the gate of their ¹ enemies.

'I will certainly bless you' means fruitfulness by virtue of the affection for truth. 'I will certainly multiply' means derivations of truth from this affection. 'Your seed' means spiritual people who, having that good within them that springs from faith, are saved by the Lord's Divine Human. 'Like the stars of the heavens' means a whole multitude of cognitions of good and truth. 'And like the sand which is on the seashore' means a whole multitude of correspondent facts. 'And your seed will inherit the gate of their enemies' means that charity and faith will take the place occupied previously by evil and falsity.

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