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Genesis 21:13

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13 καὶ τὸν υἱὸν δὲ τῆς παιδίσκης ταύτης εἰς ἔθνος μέγα ποιήσω αὐτόν ὅτι σπέρμα σόν ἐστιν

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2615

Studere hoc loco

  
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2615. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verse 1 And Jehovah visited Sarah as He had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as He had spoken.

'Jehovah visited Sarah' means the presence of the Divine celestial within the Divine spiritual. 'As He had said' means as He had perceived. 'And Jehovah did to Sarah' means a state when the two existed united together. 'As He had spoken' means as He had thought.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Genesis 17:20

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20 περὶ δὲ ισμαηλ ἰδοὺ ἐπήκουσά σου ἰδοὺ εὐλόγησα αὐτὸν καὶ αὐξανῶ αὐτὸν καὶ πληθυνῶ αὐτὸν σφόδρα δώδεκα ἔθνη γεννήσει καὶ δώσω αὐτὸν εἰς ἔθνος μέγα