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Genesis 16:5

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5 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *σαρα-N---NSF πρός-P *αβραμ-N---ASM ἀδικέω-V2--PPI1S ἐκ-P σύ- P--GS ἐγώ- P--NS δίδωμι-VX--XAI1S ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM κόλπος-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS ὁράω-VB--AAPNSF δέ-X ὅτι-C ἐν-P γαστήρ-N3--DSF ἔχω-V1--PAI3S ἀτιμάζω-VSI-API1S ἐναντίον-P αὐτός- D--GSF κρίνω-VA--AAO3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C σύ- P--GS

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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.