3929. Verses 9-11 And Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, and she took Zilpah her servant-girl, and gave her to Jacob as his wife. And Zilpah, Leah's servant-girl, bore Jacob a son. And Leah said, A troop comes! And she called his name Gad.

'Leah saw that she had stopped bearing' means that no other external truths had been acknowledged. 'And she took Zilpah her servant-girl' means an affirmative means through which [the external man and the internal] could be joined together. 'And gave her to Jacob as his wife' means that this means joined the two together. 'And Zilpah, Leah's servant-girl, bore Jacob a son' means acknowledgement. 'And Leah said, A troop comes!' in the highest sense means Omnipotence and Omniscience, in the internal sense the good of faith, and in the external sense works. 'And she called his name Gad' means the essential nature of it.

3421. 'And he called them names' means the essential nature of them. This is clear from the meaning of 'calling the names' as the essential nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006, 3237. And since calling the names or the name means the essential nature, the expression calling without the addition of 'the name' therefore means in the internal sense of the Word to be of some such particular nature, as in Isaiah,

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel and who came out of the waters of Judah. For they are called after the city of holiness, and upon the God of Israel they place their reliance. Isaiah 48:1-2.

Here 'being called after the city of holiness' stands for being of some particular nature. And in Luke,

Behold, you will conceive in the womb and will bear a son, and you will call His name Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. Luke 1:31-32.

'Being called Son of the Most High' stands for His Essential Being (Esse).