3558. And Isaac said unto Jacob. That this signifies perception concerning this natural, is evident from the signification of “saying,” as being to perceive, concerning which above; and from the representation of Jacob as being the natural as to truth, here only the natural, because he also represented apparently, or in an external form simulated, Esau; thus also the natural as to good, which is Esau, and likewise his hunting, which is the truth that is of that good (n. 3501). The reason why “he said” is so often repeated, is also because what is new thus begins, or a new perception (n. 2061, 2238, 2260).

3501. And hunt me a hunting. That this signifies the truth of good, is evident from the signification of “to hunt” and “a hunting,” as being the truth of the natural from which is the good of life (n. 3309); here it signifies truth which is from good, because said to Esau, by whom as before said is represented the good of the natural.