Bible

Genesis 25:8

⁸ and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people.

Komentář

Ishmael

'Ishmael' signifies the Lord's merely human rational and rationality separate from good.

In Genesis 25:12, 'Ishmael' signifies the spiritual church.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1944)

Bible

Matthew 1:2

² Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren,