6732. 'And she saw the box in the middle of the weed' means a discernment of the crude form of truth among false factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing as discernment, dealt with in 2150, 3764, 4567, 4723, 5400; from the meaning of 'a box made of rush' as that which is crude but nevertheless is derived from truth, dealt with in 6723, thus a crude form of truth; and from the meaning of 'the weed' as false factual knowledge, dealt with in 6726, so that 'in the middle of the weed' means among that factual knowledge. Explanations of these meanings have been given above.

5400. 'And [Jacob] saw' means the things that constitute faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing' as those things that constitute faith, dealt with in 897, 2325, 2807, 3863, 3869, 4403-4421. When it has no link whatsoever with such things as exist in the world, sight - that is, spiritual sight - is nothing else than a perception of truth, that is, of such things as constitute faith. Therefore 'seeing' has no other meaning in the internal sense; for the internal sense emerges when everything of a worldly nature is set aside; for the internal sense concerns itself with the kinds of things that belong to heaven.

[2] The light of heaven which enables one to see there is Divine Truth received from the Lord. This appears before angels' eyes as light a thousand times brighter than the light at midday in the world; and because it holds life within it, that light therefore brings sight to angels' understanding at the same time as it does so to their eyes, imparting a discernment of truth to them which is regulated by the amount and the nature of good present within them. Because this chapter deals in the internal sense with those things that constitute faith, that is, with the truths known to the Church, the verb 'saw' is used at the very beginning of the chapter, 'saw' meaning the things that constitute faith.