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Genesis 16:3

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3 καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSF *σαρα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF *αβραμ-N---GSM *αγαρ-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF *αἰγυπτία-A1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἑαυτοῦ- D--GSF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF μετά-P δέκα-M ἔτος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--GSN οἰκέω-VA--AAN *αβραμ-N---ASM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF *αβραμ-N---DSM ὁ- A--DSM ἀνήρ-N3--DSM αὐτός- D--GSF αὐτός- D--DSM γυνή-N3K-ASF

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Arcana Coelestia #1959

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1959. Verse 15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

'Hagar bore Abram a son' means the rational man born from that coming together and conception. 'And Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore, Ishmael' means the nature of it.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.