Bear (to give birth)
In Genesis 16:11, this signifies production of truth that characterizes the rational, signified by Ishmael. (Arcana Coelestia 1945)
In Genesis 17:17, this signifies that truth conjoined with good effected the union of the rational of the Lord's Human Essence with His Divine Essence. (Arcana Coelestia 2074)
In Genesis 4:2, this signifies the second birth of the church, which is charity. (Arcana Coelestia 341-342)
In Genesis 4:17, this signifies one heresy producing another. (Arcana Coelestia 409)
In Genesis 29:32, this signifies spiritual birth from the external to the internal. (Arcana Coelestia 3860)
Sword
A 'sword,' as in Ezekiel 21:9-15, signifies a person so desolated that he can see nothing good and true, but only falsities and contradictions. A 'sword,' in the Word, signifies the truth of faith combating and the vastation of truth. In an opposite sense, it signifies falsity combating and the punishment of falsity.
The 'sword,' in Revelation 1:16, represents a dispersion of falsities by the Lord because the sword came out from His mouth, which means it comes from the Word. Because the Word is understood by doctrine taken from it, this is also symbolically meant. It is called a sharp two-edged sword because it pierces the heart and soul.
A 'flaming sword which turned every way,' as in Genesis 3:24, signifies divine truth in extremes, which, like the Word in its literal sense, can be turned.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2799)
