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synty 16:11

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11 Vielä Herran enkeli puhui hänelle: "Katso, sinä olet raskaana ja synnytät pojan ja kutsut hänet Ismaeliksi, sillä Herra on kuullut sinun hätäsi.

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Arcana Coelestia #1962

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1962. Verse 16. And Abram was a son of eighty years and six years, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. “Abram was a son of eighty years and six years,” signifies the Lord’s state in respect to the celestial good acquired by combats of temptations; “when Hagar bare Ishmael,” signifies when the life of the affection of memory-knowledges brought forth the rational.

  
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