4386. 'And he said, Why so? Let me find favour in my lord's eyes' means enlightenment received from their comparatively internal presence. This becomes clear from the implications of this stock-phrase to do with submission. The phrase is used to mean a rejection of their very close presence but an acceptance of their distant presence, which is the same as saying their comparatively internal presence, from which enlightenment is received.

In Genesis 9:6, Jeremiah 7:6, and Mark 14:24, this signifies condemnation for extinguishing charity. (Arcana Coelestia 1010)

In Mark 14:24, this signifies divine truth from the divine good of the divine love. (Apocalypse Revealed 379)

In Matthew 26:28, this signifies giving the Word for man's salvation. (Apocalypse Revealed 529; True Christian Religion 285)