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Genesis 22:18

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18 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

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Arcana Coelestia #2783

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2783. 'And Isaac his son' means the Divine Rational begotten from Himself. This is clear from the representation of 'Isaac' as the Lord's Divine Rational, often dealt with already. Its being begotten from Himself is meant by the expression 'his son', as above in 2772.

  
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