2855. Verse 19 And Abraham returned to his servants, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt in Beersheba.

'Abraham returned to his servants' means becoming joined once again to the first rational. 'And they rose up' means being raised up to an even higher degree. 'And went together to Beersheba' means advancement in the doctrine of charity and faith, which doctrine is Divine and to which human rational ideas were allied. 'And Abraham dwelt in Beersheba' means that the Lord is that doctrine itself.

2792. 'Abraham said to his servants, Remain here with the ass' means a separation at that point of the first rational together with the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'remaining here' as being separated for the time being, from the meaning of 'servants' as the first rational, dealt with above in 2782, and from the meaning of 'the ass' as the natural man or the natural degree of the mind, also dealt with above, in 2781.