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Genesis 26:4

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4 And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

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Arcana Coelestia #3467

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3467. 'Even to this day' means the perpetuity of the state. This is clear from the meaning of 'to this day' as perpetuity of the state, dealt with in 2838.

  
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