6453. 'At the cave' means where obscurity exists. This is clear from the meaning of 'the cave' as obscurity, dealt with in 2935. Regarding the existence of obscurity as well in the exterior natural, where the truths and forms of good represented by 'the sons and tribes of Israel' are, because things exist there only as a general, single whole, see just above in 6451 (end).

Daughters of Canaan (Genesis 28:8) signify affections of truth that are not genuine, whereas in Genesis 28:1, they signify the affections of what is false and evil.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1060, 1167, Genesis 1, 9:18)