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Genesis 17:7

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7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

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Arcana Coelestia #2082

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2082. That 'is going to bear you a son' means that the Rational would come from this is clear from the meaning of 'a son' as truth, here rational truth, also dealt with above in 2066.

  
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