'Midwives,' as in Exodus 1:15-21, signify receptions of truth in the natural principle. 'A midwife,' as in Genesis 26, signifies the natural level.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 4588, Genesis 1, 15)

6453. 'At the cave' means where obscurity exists. This is clear from the meaning of 'the cave' as obscurity, dealt with in 2935. Regarding the existence of obscurity as well in the exterior natural, where the truths and forms of good represented by 'the sons and tribes of Israel' are, because things exist there only as a general, single whole, see just above in 6451 (end).