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1 Mosebok 16

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1 Och Sarai, Abrams hustru, hade icke fött barn åt honom. Men hon hade en egyptisk tjänstekvinna, som hette Hagar;

2 och Sarai sade till Abram: »Se, HERREN har gjort mig ofruktsam, så att jag icke föder barn; gå in till min tjänstekvinna, kanhända skall jag få avkomma genom henne.» Abram lyssnade till Sarais ord;

3 och Sarai, Abrams hustru, tog sin egyptiska tjänstekvinna Hagar och gav henne till hustru åt sin man Abram, sedan denne hade bott tio år i Kanaans land.

4 Och han gick in till Hagar, och hon blev havande. När hon nu såg att hon var havande, ringaktade hon sin fru.

5 Då sade Sarai till Abram: »Den orätt mig sker komme över dig. Jag själv lade min tjänstekvinna i din famn, men då hon nu ser att hon är havande, ringaktar hon mig. HERREN döme mellan mig och dig.»

6 Abram sade till Sarai: »Din tjänstekvinna är ju i din hand, gör med henne vad du finner för gott.» När då Sarai tuktade henne, flydde hon bort ifrån henne.

7 Men HERRENS ängel kom emot henne vid en vattenkälla i öknen, den källa som ligger vid vägen till Sur.

8 Och han sade: »Hagar, Sarais tjänstekvinna, varifrån kommer du, och vart går du?» Hon svarade: »Jag är stadd på flykt ifrån min fru Sarai.»

9 Då sade HERRENS ängel till henne: »Vänd tillbaka till din fru, och ödmjuka dig under henne.»

10 Och HERRENS ängel sade till henne: »Jag skall göra din säd mycket talrik, så att man icke skall kunna räkna den för dess myckenhets skull.»

11 Ytterligare sade HERRENS ängel till henne: »Se, du är havande och skall föda en son; honom skall du giva namnet Ismael, därför att HERREN har hört ditt lidande.

12 Och han skall bliva lik en vildåsna; hans hand skall vara emot var man, och var mans hand emot honom; och han skall ligga i strid med alla sina bröder

13 Och hon gav HERREN, som hade talat med henne, ett namn, i det hon sade: »Du är Seendets Gud.» Hon tänkte nämligen: »Har jag då verkligen här fått se en skymt av honom som ser mig ?»

14 Därav kallades brunnen Beer-Lahai-Roi; den ligger mellan Kades och Bered.

15 Och Hagar födde åt Abram en son; och Abram gav den son som Hagar hade fött åt honom namnet Ismael.

16 Och Abram var åttiosex år gammal, när Hagar födde Ismael åt Abram.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 1963

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1963. 'Abram was a son of eighty-six years' means the Lord's state as regards celestial goods acquired through the conflicts brought about by temptations. This is clear from the meaning of 'eighty', a number that is similar to forty in what it embodies, which, as shown already in 730, 862, means temptations; from the meaning of 'six' as conflict, also dealt with already in 720, 737, 900; as well as from the meaning of 'ten' as remnants, dealt with in 576. With the Lord these remnants were acquisitions of celestial goods by which He united the Human Essence to the Divine Essence; see 1906 (end). These three numbers go to make up the number of eighty-six, which embodies such matters within it, and so means the Lord's state as regards celestial goods that had been acquired through the conflicts brought about by temptations; for all numbers in the Word mean real things, as shown already in 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813. As the numbers mentioned here 1 are numbers of years, and as they in fact occur in a historical narrative regarding Abram, it does seem as though they are not used to mean such things. But nothing is written in the Word that does not pass into a spiritual or celestial sense when it reaches the angels, for with angels none other than spiritual and celestial ideas exist. When the Word is being read by man, angels neither know nor perceive what eighty-six is, nor are they concerned about what age Abram was when Hagar bore him Ishmael. Rather, when such a number is read, the real things embodied in that number instantly present themselves to them, as when all other expressions are read, these present themselves as the things which they have been shown to mean in the internal sense.

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1. i.e. 80, 6 - in the Latin and in the Hebrew the words are literally Abram was a son of eighty years and six years

  
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Genesis 16

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1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

2 Sarai said to Abram, "See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

3 Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

4 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

5 Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you."

6 But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.

7 The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

8 He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."

9 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands."

10 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."

11 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.

12 He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."

13 She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?"

14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.