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Genesis 16:4

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4 And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.

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Arcana Coelestia #1922

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1922. And she humbled her. That this signifies subjugation, follows from what has been said.

  
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