Generally in the Bible a "country" means a political subdivision ruled by a king, or sometimes a tribe with a territory ruled by a king or chieftain. Others are what we now call city-states, with surrounding farm areas. In almost all cases these countries were far smaller than our modern idea of countries, though Egypt and Assyria would be exceptions. Sometimes the word is used to refer to countryside, a wide area with no consideration of boundaries as when the twelve Israelites were sent to spy out the country.

(რეკომენდაციები: Arcana Coelestia 3816 [3], 6818, 6820, 6821; Charity 83, 85; True Christian Religion 305)

1962. Vers. 16. Et Abram (était) fils (âgé) de quatre-vingt-six ans, quand Hagar enfanta Ismaël - Abram (était) fils (âgé) de quatre-vingt-six ans, signifie l'état du Seigneur quant aux biens acquis par les combats des tentations ; quand Hagar enfanta Ismaël, signifie quand la vie de l'affection des sciences enfanta le Rationnel.