To go after or to follow, as in Genesis 24:8, signifies to be separated from the natural and conjoined to the rational principle.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 3042)

3976. 'And let me go' means to be joined to everything Divine in the Rational. This is clear from the meaning of 'going', that is to say, to his own place and to his own land, as above in 3973, meaning a strong desire to be joined to everything Divine in the Rational.