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Genesis 32:27

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27 And he saith unto him, `What [is] thy name?' and he saith, `Jacob.'

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Seed as the sand, and the offspring of the bowels as gravel

  

In Isaiah 48:19, 'seed as the sand' denotes good, and 'the offspring of the bowels as gravel' denotes truth, or people principled in love to the Lord and their neighbor.

(références: Arcana Coelestia 1803)