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Genesis 25:23

²³ And Jehovah saith to her, `Two nations [are] in thy womb, and Two peoples from thy bowels are parted; and the [one] people than the [other] people is stronger; and the elder doth serve the younger.'

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Ishmael

'Ishmael' signifies the Lord's merely human rational and rationality separate from good.

In Genesis 25:12, 'Ishmael' signifies the spiritual church.

(Referenties: Arcana Coelestia 1944)

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Leummim

'Leummim' signify the goods of faith and its varieties.

(Referenties: Arcana Coelestia 3241)