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2 Sarai said to Abram, "See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Studere hoc loco
1939. That 'the angel of Jehovah said' means the interior man's thought is clear from the previous verse where the same words occur.
Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.