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Genesis 16:12

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12 οὗτος- D--NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἄγροικος-A1B-NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NPF χείρ-N3--NPF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P πᾶς-A3--APM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF χείρ-N3--NPF πᾶς-A3--GPM ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ἀδελφός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM καταοἰκέω-VF--FAI3S

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #1905

Studere hoc loco

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