5494. 'And one opened his sack' means a perusal. This is clear from the meaning of 'sack' as a receptacle within the natural, dealt with above in 5489; this was endowed with good that was a product of truth, 5487. 'Opening it', it is evident from the train of thought, means perusing it, for the words that follow 'to give fodder to his ass, in a lodging-place' mean when they stopped to reflect on the facts present in the exterior natural.

The woman condemned to 'bring forth sons in sorrow' denotes the anxieties and combats in the production of truths.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 261-263, Genesis 3:16)