Arcana Coelestia #4386
4386. 'And he said, Why so? Let me find favour in my lord's eyes' means enlightenment received from their comparatively internal presence. This becomes clear from the implications of this stock-phrase to do with submission. The phrase is used to mean a rejection of their very close presence but an acceptance of their distant presence, which is the same as saying their comparatively internal presence, from which enlightenment is received.
Onan
Onan', wie in Genesis 38, beschreibt das Böse aus der Falschheit des Bösen, das später unter den jüdischen Völkern verbreitet war.
(Verweise: Himmlischen Geheimnissen 4837, 1 Mose 38)