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Ja tema heitis Haagari juurde ja see jäi lapseootele; aga kui see nägi, et ta oli lapseootel, siis oli ta emand tema silmis nagu alam.
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Ja tema heitis Haagari juurde ja see jäi lapseootele; aga kui see nägi, et ta oli lapseootel, siis oli ta emand tema silmis nagu alam.
1961. And Abram called the name of his son that Hagar bare, Ishmael. That this signifies its quality, is evident from the signification of “calling a name,” as being to know what is the quality of the thing in question (explained n. 144, 145, 1754); and also from the representation and signification of “Ishmael,” as being rational truth, which is described in verses 11 and 12 in the words: “Thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thine affliction; and he will be a wild-ass man; his hand against all, and the hand of all against him; and he shall dwell against the faces of all his brethren;” and for the meaning of these words, see the explication of the verses that contain them. It is the quality of this rational that is there described.