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Postanak 17:8

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8 Tebi i tvome potomstvu poslije tebe dajem zemlju u kojoj boraviš kao pridošlica - svu zemlju kanaansku - u vjekovni posjed; a ja ću biti njihov Bog."

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Arcana Coelestia #2067

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2067. 'And I will bless him' means the multiplication of this, namely of the Rational meant by 'a son'. This is clear from the meaning of 'being blessed' as being enriched with everything good and true, dealt with just above in 2065.

  
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