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Και ταυτα ειναι τα ετη της ζωης του Ισμαηλ, ετη εκατον τριακοντα επτα· και εκπνευσας απεθανε και προσετεθη εις τον λαον αυτου.
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Και ταυτα ειναι τα ετη της ζωης του Ισμαηλ, ετη εκατον τριακοντα επτα· και εκπνευσας απεθανε και προσετεθη εις τον λαον αυτου.
3266. 'These are the names of the sons of Ishmael' means the essential characteristics of those people's forms of doctrine, that is to say, of those who are spiritual. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' as the essential nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006, from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, and also matters of doctrine, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, and from the representation of 'Ishmael' as those who are spiritual, dealt with above in 3263.