3662. 'You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan' means provided it was not joined to affections for falsity and evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking a wife' as being brought into association with or joined to; from the meaning of 'daughters' as affections, dealt with in 568, 2362, 3024, and from the meaning of 'Canaan' as falsity and evil, dealt with in 1093, 1140, 1141, 1167, 1205, 1444, 1573, 1574, 1868.

1141. Those who are here named 'sons of Japheth' were all such people as possessed external worship corresponding to internal, that is, people who lived in simplicity, friendship, and mutual charity, and knew no other doctrinal teachings than those which existed as external forms of ritual. Those who are named 'sons of Ham' were people who possessed corrupted internal worship. Those who are called 'sons of Canaan' were people who possessed external worship separated from internal. Those who are referred to as 'sons of Shem' were internal men, who worshipped the Lord and loved the neighbour. Their Church closely resembled the true Christian Church with us.