In Genesis 15:2, this signifies a state deprived of good and truth and thus no longer representing the church. (Arcana Coelestia 4886[3]) Childless also signifies that there is no internal church. (Arcana Coelestia 1794)

'Round about' denotes the things most distant from the middle, or from good and truth.

(Izinkomba: Arcana Coelestia 2973)