4357. 'And saw the women and their sons' means, of the affections for truth and of the truths which belong to those affections. This is clear from the meaning of 'the women', who in this case are Leah and Rachel's servant-girls, as affections for truth, dealt with in 3758, 3782, 3793, 3819, 4344, and from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373, in this case the truths which belong to those affections.

'Hamor, the father of Schechem,' represents the good and truth of the church among the ancients. He also represented life, for life is of good, as doctrine is of truth.

(Verweise: Arcana Coelestia 4442)