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Genesis 17:19

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19 And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

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Arcana Coelestia #2052

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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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