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Genesis 13:16

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16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.

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Arcana Coelestia #1452

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1452. And spread his tent. That this signifies the holy things of faith, is evident from the signification of a “tent,” as being the holy of love, and consequently the holy of faith from love, as before shown n. 414). That “he spread his tent,” there signifies that this was now beginning.

  
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