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Genesis 16:11

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11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

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Arcana Coelestia #1905

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1905. 'Hagar her Egyptian servant-girl' means the life of the exterior man and the affection for knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'Hagar', dealt with above in 1895, 1896, and from the meaning of 'Egyptian' as well as of 'servant-girl', also dealt with in those paragraphs.

  
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