1424. 'And in you will all the families of the ground be blessed' means that all goods and truths are received from the Lord. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'blessing' dealt with in this verse and the previous verse, and also from the meaning of 'families of the ground' as all forms of good and truth. Indeed in the Word 'families' is similar in meaning to nations, and also to peoples, for 'families' is used in the Word in reference both to nations and to peoples, the expressions 'families of nations' and 'families of peoples' being used to describe them. 'Nations', as has been shown, means goods, while 'peoples', as has also been shown, means truths, 1259; hence 'families' means both goods and truths, 1261. The reason they are called 'all the families of the ground' is that all goods and truths are a product of faith grounded in love, which faith constitutes the Church. That 'the ground' means the Church, and therefore the faith which constitutes the Church, has been shown already in 566.