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καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αγαρ καὶ συνέλαβεν καὶ εἶδεν ὅτι ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχει καὶ ἠτιμάσθη ἡ κυρία ἐναντίον αὐτῆς
Genesis 16:4
The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 417
417. Internal Meaning of Genesis, Chapter 16
1-16 Conjunction of the truth and good of the natural man, from which there would be only an external church, which is rational.
But concerning all this see Arcana Coelestia, where [it is explained that] these things pertaining to the church signify things pertaining to the Lord; for all things of the Word in the spiritual sense treat of the church and heaven, but in the celestial sense of the Lord. (2)
