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Genesi 17:18

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18 E Abrahamo disse a Dio: "Di grazia, viva Ismaele nel tuo cospetto!"

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Arcana Coelestia #2090

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2090. 'And I will make him into a great nation' means having the enjoyment of goods, and increases in these. This is clear from the meaning of 'nations' as goods, dealt with in Volume One, in 1159, 1258-1260, 1416, 1849. Here therefore 'making into a great nation' means both the enjoyment of and increases in goods.

  
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