3181. Verses 59-61 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men. And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, Our sister, may you become thousands of myriads, and may your seed inherit the gate of those who hate you. And Rebekah rose up, and her maids, and they rode on the camels and went after the man. And the servant took Rebekah and went.

'They sent away Rebekah their sister' means separation from the affection for Divine truth. 'And her nurse' means from the innocence belonging to that affection. 'And Abraham's servant and his men' means from the Divine things within the natural man. 'And they blessed Rebekah and said to her' means heartfelt desires resulting from Divine enlightenment. 'Our sister, may you become thousands of myriads' means infinite fruitfulness of the affection for truth. 'And may your seed inherit the gate of those who hate you' means the Lord's spiritual kingdom arising from the marriage of good and truth in the Divine Human, a kingdom possessing charity and faith where evil and falsity had been previously. 'And Rebekah rose up' means a raising up of the affection for truth and the resulting separation. 'And her maids' means subsidiary affections. 'And they rode on the camels' means that the understanding part of the mind was raised up above natural facts. 'And went after the man' means under the guidance of natural Divine Truth. 'And the servant took Rebekah and went' means that natural Divine Good did the introducing.

In Exodus 32:20, see Strewed.

'To give provender to his donkey,' as in Genesis 42:27, signifies reflection upon scientific ideas, because 'provender' is the food with which donkeys are fed, consisting of straw and chaff, and so it denotes all reflection on scientific ideas, for reflection principally feeds them. 'Provender' signifies the good of scientific truths.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 5670)