Arcana Coelestia # 3320
3320. 'Let me sip now from the red [pottage]' means a desire for matters of doctrine, and 'this red [pottage]' means that which is seemingly good. This is clear from the meaning of 'sipping' as being communicated and joined to, dealt with in 3089 - and therefore 'let me sip now' is desiring the joining of truth or matters of doctrine to itself; and from the meaning of 'red' as good, dealt with in 3300, here that which is seemingly good, since these matters of doctrine, however they are grouped together, seem in outward appearance to be good, even though inwardly they are simply a massing together of them, 3316. A further reason why these details are given in the narrative here is that they show how Esau acquired the name Edom; for in the original language that which is red is called Edom, and this is in order that Edom may mean good to which matters of doctrine regarding truth are allied.
Arcana Coelestia # 2080
2080. That 'God said' means the reply that was perceived is clear from the meaning of 'saying' as perceiving, dealt with just above in 2077. And because in the previous verse the words 'Abraham said' were used, which meant perception, and in this verse the words 'God said' (or replied) occur, a perceived reply, that is, a reply received in the form of perception, is consequently meant. All perception entails both a proposition and a reply, the perception of the two being expressed here in the historical sense by the phrases 'Abraham said to God' and 'God said'. That 'God's saying' means perceiving, see 1791, 1815, 1819, 1822, 1898, 1919, and in various places above in this chapter.