1810. '[And He said to him] So will your seed be' means heirs of the Lord's kingdom. This is clear from the meaning of 'seed' as love and faith deriving from it, or what amounts to the same, people in whom love and faith are present - both angels and men. That 'seed' has this meaning has been stated and shown in several places already. In general these words mean the Lord's kingdom, whose vastness and greatness in number surpasses anyone's belief. No other word than BOUNDLESS can describe it, a boundlessness which will in the Lord's Divine mercy be discussed elsewhere. It is this boundlessness that is here meant by the words of this verse, 'Look, now, towards heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them. And He said to him, So will your seed be.' These same words in addition mean the countless goods and truths that are part of wisdom and intelligence, together with the happiness that goes with these, present with every angel.

To “generate” something is to create it, and that idea underpins the meaning of a “generation” of people -- it is a group that was created together, at roughly the same time, from the same parents or group of parents. On a spiritual level, we can be “generators” by using what we know from the Lord to create ideas of how to be good, and also to create good actions based on those ideas -- what the Writings call things of faith and things of charity. In general, then, a “generation” in the Bible represents the spiritual ideas and activities created by a church -- with a “church” being anything from an individual believer to a group lasting thousands of years. “Generation” can also pick up specific meanings from context. For instance, when the Bible says the people of Israel were captive in Egypt for four generations, it means a state of temptation based on the meaning of “four.” When paired with “eternity,” meanwhile, “generations” represents ideas and actions surrounding love of serving others, with “eternity” representing things springing from love of the Lord. Finally, “generations and generations” is used in the Bible to represent forever.