'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. 'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection.

See Obedience.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 3684)

357. Internal Meaning of Psalm 107

1-3 A new church, which the Lord has redeemed (11, 17)

4-8 They are in falsities of ignorance, but in a desire for truth and good. (11)

9-15 They are in ignorance and in lack of truth. (11)

16-21 They have no spiritual nourishment, although they will have it through the Word. (11)

22-31 When they were in knowledges [cognitiones], they were admitted into temptations, and preserved. (11)

32-34, 39-40 Song in praise of the Lord, that those who were of the devastated church have been rejected, (16, 3, 17)

35-38, 41-43 nd that those who are of the new church have been accepted, with whom truths and goods will be multiplied. (11)