Arcana Coelestia #478
478. The reason he is called Adam is that the Hebrew word Adam means man. But the fact that Adam was never used as a proper name, only Man, is quite clear from the consideration that both here and earlier he is spoken of in the plural and not in the singular, and that the term refers to both man and woman. The two together are called Man. Anyone may see from these words that both are included, for it is said, 'He called their name Man on the day in which they were created', and similarly in 1:26, 28, 'Let Us make man in Our image, and they will have dominion over the fish of the sea. This shows also that the subject is not about someone who, when created, was the first human being of all, but about the Most Ancient Church.
Arcana Coelestia #3247
3247. 'And he sent them away from being with Isaac his son' means the distinguishing and separation of those who were spiritual from those who were celestial. This becomes clear from what has been stated immediately above - that the sons of Abraham by Keturah and by Hagar the Egyptian, who are called 'the concubines' sons' are those who are spiritual; that 'Isaac' in the relative sense means those who are celestial, 3245; and that they were separated.