2857. 'And they rose up' means being raised up to an even higher degree. This is clear from the meaning of 'rising up', when this expression is used in the Word, as something being raised up - also the meaning in 2401. Here the raising up of the rational after temptation is meant, for after temptations there was always a raising up of the rational, as is also the case with everyone. Every temptation in which a person is victorious raises up his mind and the things that compose his mind, for goods and truths are strengthened and new ones are added, 1692, 1717, 1740, 2272.

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.