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Genesis 26:11

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11 συντάσσω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *αβιμελεχ-N---NSM πᾶς-A3--DSM ὁ- A--DSM λαός-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἅπτομαι-V1--PMPNSM ὁ- A--GSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM οὗτος- D--GSM ἤ-C ὁ- A--GSF γυνή-N3K-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM θάνατος-N2--GSM ἔνοχος-A1B-NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

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Arcana Coelestia #3371

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3371. 'And will bless you' means that in this way there would be an increase. This is clear from the meaning of 'blessing' as making fruitful in goods and multiplying in truths, dealt with in 981, 1420, 1422, 1731, 2846, 3140, thus as an increase.

  
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