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Genesis 16:3

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3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, taketh Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, at the end of the tenth year of Abram's dwelling in the land of Canaan, and giveth her to Abram her husband, to him for a wife,

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #1918

Studere hoc loco

  
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1918. Verse 6 And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your servant-girl is in your hand; do to her what is good in your eyes. And Sarai humiliated her, and she fled from her face.

'Abram said to Sarai' means perception. 'Behold, your servant-girl is in your hand' means that this rational was conceived from the controlling power of the affection for truth allied to good. 'Do to her what is good in your eyes' means complete control over. 'And Sarai humiliated her' means subjection.

'And she fled from her face' means the anger of this rational conceived first.

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

Commentarius

 

305 - Spiritual Experiences

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: Spiritual Experiences

Topic: Salvation

Summary: In the Bible a wide variety of people have spiritual experiences-seeing and hearing the Lord and angels, and traveling to heaven. Why?

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Genesis 3:8, 24; 16:7-11, 13; 17:1; 19:1; 21:17-19; 28:10-17; 31:11-12; 32:1-2
Exodus 3:1-2
Numbers 22:22-33
Matthew 1:20-21; 2:12-13, 19-20; 28:1-4
Luke 1:11, 20, 26-27; 2:9, 13; 22:43
John 20:11-16
Acts of the Apostles 8:26; 10:1-3, 10; 12:7, 9, 11; 27:23-24

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Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 6/7/2017. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com