2017. Verse 7. And I will set up My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee unto their generations, for an eternal covenant, to be to thee for God, and to thy seed after thee. “I will set up My covenant between Me and thee,” signifies union; “and thy seed after thee,” signifies conjunction with those who have faith in Him; “unto their generations,” signifies those things which are of faith; “for an eternal covenant,” signifies conjunction with these; “to be to thee for God,” signifies the Lord’s Divine in Himself; “and to thy seed after thee,” signifies the Divine thence derived with those who have faith in Him.

7010. And thou shalt be to him for God. That this signifies the Divine truth which proceeds from the Lord immediately, is evident from the representation of Moses, as being the Lord as to Divine truth (see n. 6752). That it denotes the Divine truth which proceeds immediately from the Lord, is signified by that he was “to Aaron for God;” for by “God” in the Word is meant the Lord as to Divine truth, and by “Jehovah,” the Lord as to Divine good. That in the Word the Lord is called “God” where truth is treated of, but “Jehovah” where good is treated of, see n. 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4402: That the angels are called “gods” from the truths in which they are from the the Lord, (n. 4402): And that in the opposite sense the “gods of the nations” denote falsities (n. 4402, 4544).