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Genesis 13:16

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16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.

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Arcana Coelestia #1606

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1606. Verse 15. For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever. “For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it,” signifies the heavenly kingdom, that it should be the Lord’s; “and to thy seed forever,” signifies those who should have faith in Him.

  
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