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Arcana Coelestia #2091

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2091. Verse 21 And I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at the set time next year.

'I will establish My covenant with Isaac' means union with the Divine Rational. 'Whom Sarah will bear to you' means Divine Truth joined to Divine Good from which it will come forth into being. 'At the set time next year' means a state of union at that time.

  
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The Bible

 

Genesis 17:8

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8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.