In a general sense, being "born" in the Bible represents one spiritual state producing another, usually some form of love or affection producing or "giving birth" to truth or to desires for good. This is not hard to see: If you love someone, that love naturally gives birth to ideas on how to be good to that person and make him or her happy. This is why sons and daughters in the Bible represent true ideas and desires for good. On a higher level, though, being born represents what the Writings call "regeneration," or the life-long process of putting off our natural thoughts and desires and embracing spiritual life from the Lord. This is what the Bible means when it talks about being "born again" – if we live our lives from the Lord, He will eventually take away our evil desires so that we can be "born" as angels in heaven, free of evil desires and dark thoughts. Of course, these two levels of meaning are really one: The Lord is love itself, and if we align with Him we become forms of love and truth ourselves, expressions of His love just as the desire to do something good might be the expression of your love for a friend.

4647. Verses 15-19 These were the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau: Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, Chief Amalek; these were the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, these were the sons of Adah. And these were the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, Chief Mizzah; these were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom, these were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. And these were the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, Chief Korah; these were the chiefs of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. These were the sons of Esau, and these were their chiefs - he being Edom.

'These were the chiefs of the sons of Esau' means the leading Truths of Good. 'The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau: Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, Chief Amalek' means a first grouping and the essential nature of those Truths, and also what they are like in the Lord's kingdom. 'These were the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, these were the sons of Adah' means the leading truths belonging to the first group. 'And these were the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, Chief Mizzah' means a second group, and the essential nature of them, as they are in heaven. 'These were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom' means a second grouping. 'These were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife' means from the marriage of Good and Truth. 'And these were the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife' means the leading Truths of a third grouping. 'Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, Chief Korah' means the essential nature of them, and what they are consequently like in the Lord's kingdom. 'These were the chiefs of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife' means the leading Truths from the joining together of Good and Truth. These twelve chiefs are like the twelve tribes in the way they are ranged in order by Good. 'These were the sons of Esau, and these were their chiefs' means that these are the leading Truths from among the Truths of Good. 'He being Edom' means within the Lord's Divine Human.