Genesis 10:23

²³ And sons of Aram [are] Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Arcana Coelestia # 1174

1174. That 'Cush' means interior cognitions of spiritual and celestial things is clear from what has been stated and shown already about Cush.

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

In Genesis 25:20, this signifies people of the second Ancient Church regarding their knowledge of good and truth. (Apocalypse Explained 195[8])

In 2 Samuel 10:16, this signifies the knowledge of truth; but in general Syria signifies the knowledge of good. (Arcana Coelestia 3762, 4720)

'Syria,' as in Ezekiel 27:16, signifies the church regarding knowledges of truth and good.