Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 1892

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1892. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verse 1 And Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no child. And she had an Egyptian servant-girl, and her name was Hagar.

'Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no child' means that the Rational Man did not as yet exist, 'Sarai' being truth allied to good, 'Abram' the Lord's Internal Man, which is Jehovah. 'And she had an Egyptian servant-girl' means the affection for knowledge. 'And her name was Hagar' means the life of the exterior or natural man.


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