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And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and Godsaw that it was good.
10371. 'The covenant of an age' means being joined to the Lord to eternity. This is clear from the meaning of 'a covenant' as a joining together, dealt with in 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021, 6804, 8767, 8778, 9396, 9416; and from the meaning of 'age' as eternity, dealt with in 10248.
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