In Genesis 46:17, this signifies the happiness of eternal life and the enjoyment of affections and their doctrine. (Arcana Coelestia 6024)

In Genesis 11:14, son of Shelah, signifies in general the worship of the second Ancient Church. (Arcana Coelestia 1342) As the first historical character in the Word, he was the progenitor of the Hebrew nation. When internal worship became external, and more, when it became idolatrous, the Hebrew nation retained the name Jehovah, and so called their god, but considered him as theirs while acknowledging the gods of other nations. (Arcana Coelestia 1343)

In Genesis 10:25, his two sons, Peleg and Joktan, signifies the two kinds of worship in that church, internal and external. (Arcana Coelestia 1242)