3541. 'On his hands' means according to the ability to receive. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3091, and so the ability to receive.

'Look not back behind thee,' as in Genesis 19:17, means that Lot, who represents the good of charity, should not look to matters of doctrine. 'To look up,' is to look to celestial things. In Genesis 18:22, looking signifies thinking because seeing denotes understanding.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2245)