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Bereshit 17:6

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6 והפרתי אתך במאד מאד ונתתיך לגוים ומלכים ממך יצאו׃

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Arcana Coelestia #2087

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2087. 'As for Ishmael, I have heard you' means that people rational from truth are to be saved. This is clear from the representation of 'Ishmael' here as those people who are rational from truth, that is, who are spiritual, dealt with above in 2078. And that they are to be saved is clear from the meaning of 'hearing you', as may be seen without explanation.

  
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