3774. Verses 4-6 And Jacob said to them, My brothers, where are you from? And they said, We are from Haran. And he said to them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We do. And he said to them, Does he have peace? ¹ And they said, [He has] peace; and behold, Rachel his daughter is coming with the flock.

'Jacob said to them' means the truth of good. 'My brothers, where are you from?' means, What is the origin of the charity there? 'And they said, We are from Haran' means good that springs from a common stock. 'And he said to them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?' means, Did they possess good from that stock? 'And they said, We do' means, Yes, they did. 'And he said to them, Does he have peace?' means, Does it come from the Lord's kingdom? 'And they said, [He has] peace' means, Yes, it does. 'And behold, Rachel his daughter' means the affection for interior truth. 'Is coming with the flock' means interior matters of doctrine.

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According to Swedenborg, a person's name in the Bible represents his or her entire spiritual nature, their whole state of love (good or evil) and thought (from heavenly wisdom to infernal insanity). This is why the name of the Lord is so important; it represents and embodies His perfect love and perfect wisdom, which is everything that we should worship and follow. It's easy to see that names are important in the Bible. Jehovah changed Abram and Sarai to Abraham and Sarah, changed Jacob to Israel and included in the Ten Commandments the order that believers "shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain." In the New Testament, Zacharias was told to name John the Baptist "John," and both Joseph (Matthew 1:21) and Mary (Luke 1:31) were told to name Jesus "Jesus." Jesus himself renamed Simon as Peter, and included the phrase "hallowed be thy name" in the Lord's prayer.

(Odkazy: Luke 1)