7563. 'Caused his servants and his livestock to flee to the houses' means that they were stored away and placed in safe keeping interiorly. This is clear from the meaning of 'servants' as the things in the natural mind, as immediately above in 7562; from the meaning of 'livestock' as truth and good, also dealt with above, in 7556; and from the meaning of 'the houses' as the things present inwardly in a person, where goodness and truth from the Lord are stored away and placed in safe keeping, dealt with in 7560. From this it is evident that 'he caused his servants and his livestock to flee to the houses' means that the truths and forms of good which are in the natural mind, that is to say, the things which are the Lord's, have been gathered and have been stored away and placed in safe keeping interiorly.

6016. 'And took their livestock' means forms of the good of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'livestock' as the good of truth. For 'livestock' is used to mean both flocks and herds, and also horses, camels, mules, and asses; and since 'flocks' in the internal sense are interior forms of good and 'herds' exterior ones, while 'horses, camels, mules, and asses are powers of the understanding, all of which are associated with truths, 'livestock' means the good of truth.