1024. The symbolism of with you as a spiritual person who has been reborn is established by a plethora of earlier statements to the effect that Noah and his sons symbolize a spiritual church that took the place of the earliest, heavenly church [§§597-598, 605, 726, 765, 788:1, 851]. Since they symbolize a church, they symbolize every member of that church and so a spiritual person who has been reborn.

1445. Genesis 12:7. And Jehovah was seen by Abram and said, "To your seed I will give this land." And there he built an altar to Jehovah, who had been seen by him.

Jehovah was seen by Abram means that Jehovah appeared to the Lord while he was still young. And said, "To your seed I will give this land," means that those who believed in him would receive heavenly gifts. And there he built an altar to Jehovah, who had been seen by him, symbolizes the time when he first worshiped his Father with a heavenly kind of love.