3178. 'Send me away, and let me go to my master' means as regards the state of introduction. This is clear from that sense which results from the internal sense of the words. The same words also embody the affection that desires the joining together, for this affection belongs to the state of introduction.

A 'thousand' means much, many, a countless number, a whole era of time, an abundance. When used in reference to the Lord, it actually means a number greater than that: In those cases it means what is infinite, what is truly without end.