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Genesis 17:23

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23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money -- every male among the people of Abraham's house -- and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that same day, as God had said to him.

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Arcana Coelestia #2081

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2081. 'Truly Sarah your wife' means Divine Truth joined to Good. This is clear from the representation and consequent meaning of 'Sarah' as Divine Truth joined to Good, dealt with above in 2063.

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