3150. 'And he said, I am not eating' means refusal, that is to say, the affection for good in the natural man had not yet made those Divine things its own. This is clear without explanation.

If we turn ourselves toward the Lord, we can get the full inflowing of His wisdom and love; if we turn away from Him we cast ourselves into cold and shadow -- we turn ourselves toward hell. In the Bible, "turning" generally refers to a change in spiritual state, as people turn themselves toward the Lord or away from the Lord.