3692. 'And he came upon a place' means a state. This is clear from the meaning of 'a place' as a state, dealt with in 1273-1275, 1377, 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387.

2624. 'In his old age' means when the days had been completed for the human to be cast off. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'old age' as the state when He was to cast off the human and to put on the Divine, dealt with in 2198. For Abraham was at that time a hundred years old, a number which means a full and complete state of union, as will be clear from the explanation of verse 5.