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Genesis 28:14

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14 Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

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Arcana Coelestia #3674

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3674. And Isaac sent away Jacob. That this signifies the beginning of manifestation [existentia] is evident from the fact that Jacob now begins to represent the good of truth, thus the beginning of the manifestation of the Lord’s Divine natural; for this is contained in what follows concerning the sojourning of Jacob with Laban. Wherefore by “Isaac sent away Jacob” is signified the beginning of manifestation.

  
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