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Genesis 17:26

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26 In the same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

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Arcana Coelestia #1995

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1995. Verse 2. And I will give My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee very exceedingly. “I will give My covenant between Me and thee,” signifies the union of the internal man, which was Jehovah, with the interior man; “and will multiply thee very exceedingly,” signifies the fruitfulness to infinity of the affection of truth.

  
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