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και ειπεν αυτη ο αγγελος κυριου ιδου συ εν γαστρι εχεις και τεξη υιον και καλεσεις το ονομα αυτου ισμαηλ οτι επηκουσεν κυριος τη ταπεινωσει σου
Genesis 16:11
Arcana Coelestia # 1892
1892. THE INTERNAL SENSE
Verse 1. And Sarai, Abram’s wife, did not bear unto him; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name was Hagar. “Sarai, Abram’s wife, did not bear unto him,” signifies that as yet there was no rational man; “Sarai” is truth adjoined to good; “Abram” is the Lord’s internal man, which was Jehovah. “And she had a handmaid, an Egyptian,” signifies the affection of memory-knowledges; “and her name was Hagar,” signifies the life of the exterior or natural man.
