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Bereshit 16:16

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16 ואברם בן־שמנים שנה ושש שנים בלדת־הגר את־ישמעאל לאברם׃ ס

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Arcana Coelestia #1918

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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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Genesis 16:5

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5 Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you."