1536. Described here is the state of the external Man as it existed in childhood when it was first endowed with facts and cognitions - how it moved on from these more and more towards conjunction with the Internal, verses 1-4.

'A herd,' as mentioned in Genesis 32:7, denotes exterior or natural good, and also not good things.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2566, 3408)