“There was indeed on earth, so long as it was needed, a symbol and foreshadowing image of this city, which served the purpose of reminding men that such a city was to be rather than of making it present; and this image was itself called the holy city, as a symbol of the future city, though not itself the reality. Of th…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — The City of God (Book XV), Chapter 2
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15And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
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13And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
14Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
— Genesis 16:15 —
16And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.