3173. Verses 55-58 And her brother said, and her mother, Let the girl stay with us a week or ten days; ¹ after that you will go. And he said to them, Do not delay me, since Jehovah has prospered my way. Send me away and let me go to my master. And they said, Let us call the girl and ask her personally. ² And they called Rebekah and said to her, Are you going to go with this man? And she said, I will go.

'Her brother said, and her mother' means doubt on the part of the natural man. 'Let the girl stay with us' means being kept back by them. 'A week or ten days; after that you will go' means a state of departure which was seen by them as a complete state. 'And he said to them, Do not delay me' means the will of the affection for good. 'Since Jehovah has prospered my way' means that all things had now been provided. 'Send me away, and let me go to my master' means as regards the state of introduction. 'And they said, Let us call the girl and ask her personally' means consent solely of the affection for truth. 'And they called Rebekah and said to her, Are you going to go with this man? And she said, I will go' means its full consent.

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487. There was silence in heaven, signifies astonishment that the church is such and that its end is at hand. This is evident from what follows, which describes the destruction of the church and the damnation of all in whom there was no church; that is, in whom there was no conjunction of truth and good or of faith and charity; for this conjunction makes the church in everyone. As these things, when the seventh seal was opened, were perceived in heaven, and therefore engaged the minds of angels, there was astonishment, and from astonishment silence. "Silence" has many significations; in general it signifies all things that cause it, and among these it is especially induced by astonishment.