1084. 'They took a garment' means that they placed a good interpretation on it. This is clear from what has been stated already. 'Taking a garment and covering someone's nakedness' can have no other meaning when 'being uncovered' and 'nakedness' mean errors and perversities.

Father-in-law denotes good, from which comes good conjoined to truth.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 6827, 6844)