4371. 'Because God has graciously bestowed much on me' means conferred by Providence. This is clear from the meaning of the words used here as Providence, as above in 4359.

In Genesis 13:5, this signifies the possessions of the external man which are to be put aside because they are not good. (Arcana Coelestia 1565)

In Genesis 20:14, this signifies respectively people in the church who are truly rational, that is, internal men, and people in the church who are natural, that is, external men. (Arcana Coelestia 2566)