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Genesis 16:2

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2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

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Arcana Coelestia #1915

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1915. And she saw that she conceived. That this signifies the first life of the rational, is evident from the signification of “conception” as being the first life (here as before, n. 1910).

  
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