3136. 'And behold, he was standing with the camels' means presence in general facts. This is clear from the meaning of 'standing with' as being present, and from the meaning of 'the camels' as general facts, dealt with in 3048, 3071.

The word 'straw,' as in Genesis 24:25, signifies scientific truths, because it is food for camels.

In Isaiah 11:6, this signifies the Word in the letter, which is perverted by hellish falsity, but cannot be perverted people who are in truths from good.

(Препратки: Arcana Coelestia 3114; Exodus 24, 25)