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Genesis 17:19

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19 And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2052

Studere hoc loco

  
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2052. That 'who is born in your house or who is the purchase of your silver' means both types of people found inside the Church, namely the celestial, meant by 'one born in the house', and the spiritual, meant by 'the purchase of silver', has been shown above, in 2048.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.