''To stop up wells,' as inGenesis 26:15, denotes to be unwilling to know truths, and to deny them, and so to obliterate them. In Genesis 21, 'wells' signify doctrines, both those disputed and not disputed. Without this significance digging wells and disputing about them would have been too trivial to be mentioned in the divine Word.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2702 [1-17])

6773. 'And dwelt in the land of Midian' means a life led among those in whom simple good was present. This is clear from the meaning of 'dwelling' as leading a life, dealt with in 1193, 3384, 3613, 4451, 6051; and from the meaning of Midian' as those who are guided by the truths that go with simple good, dealt with in 3242, 4756, 4788. The expression 'the land' is used because the Church where those people are is what is meant. For the meaning of 'the land' as the Church, see the middle of 6767.