Genesis 16:8

⁸ and he saith, `Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence hast thou come, and whither dost thou go?' and she saith, `From the presence of Sarai, my mistress, I am fleeing.'

Arcana Coelestia #1943

1943. That 'the angel of Jehovah said' means the interior man's thought is clear from what has been stated above at verses 7, 9-10.

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