3837. 'So it was in the morning' means enlightenment in that state. This is clear from the meaning of 'the morning' as enlightenment, dealt with in 3458, 3723. And since every period of time means a state, 2625, 2788, 2837, 3356, the earliest period of the day or the morning accordingly means the enlightenment belonging to that state, that is, in that state. The enlightenment has regard to that which follows shortly, that is to say, his acknowledgement that it was a joining merely to external truth.

3723. 'In the morning Jacob rose up early' means a state of enlightenment. This is clear from the meaning of 'in the morning rising up early' as a state of enlightenment, dealt with in 3458, for where 'rising up' is mentioned in the Word it implies some kind of a raising up, 2401, 2785, 2912, 2927, 3171. And 'morning' means the arrival of heavenly light, in this case a raising up from obscurity into that light, and so means a state of enlightenment.