In Deuteronomy 33:2, this means that the Lord made even the Natural in Himself Divine in order that this also might be a source of light, that is, of intelligence and wisdom. (Arcana Coelestia 4240)

758. Verse it And there was rain over the earth for forty days and forty nights means the time this temptation lasted, 'rain' being temptation, 'forty days and nights' its duration.