Commentary

 

Fruitful

  

To be fruitful relates to goodnesses, and to be multiplied, truths.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1014, 1018)

The Bible

 

Exodus 34:23

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23 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #1014

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1014. Verse 7 And you, be fruitful and multiply; swarm over the earth and multiply in it.

'Be fruitful and multiply' here, as previously, means increases in good and truth in the interior man, 'being fruitful' having reference to goods, and 'multiplying' to truths. 'Swarm over the earth and multiply in it' means increases in good and truth in the external man, which man is 'the earth' - 'swarming' having reference to goods, 'multiplying' to truths.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.