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Genesis 22:17

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17 ἦ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡς τοὺς ἀστέρας τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὡς τὴν ἄμμον τὴν παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ κληρονομήσει τὸ σπέρμα σου τὰς πόλεις τῶν ὑπεναντίων

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Arcana Coelestia #2785

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2785. And he rose up. That this signifies elevation, is evident from the signification of “rising up,” as meaning where it occurs in the Word some elevation.

  
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