Arcana Coelestia # 2076
2076. Verse 18 And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before You!
'Abraham said to God' means the Lord's perception from love. 'O that Ishmael might live before You!' means that others who are rational from truth should not perish.
Genesis 17:11
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You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.