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And the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed.
4359. 'And he said, The sons whom God has graciously bestowed on your servant' means truths conferred by Divine Providence. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sons' as truths, dealt with just above in 4357, and from the meaning of 'whom God has graciously bestowed' as conferred by Divine Providence, for whatever God bestows is conferred by His Providence.
A flock signifies the church in simple good. Flock of thine heritage in Micah 7:14 signifies people in the church in the spiritual things of the Word, which are the truths of its internal sense (Apocalypse Explained 727[6]). A flock, as in Genesis 26, denotes interior or rational good. A flock signifies natural interior good, in Genesis 32:5. A flock signifies people in spiritual good.
(Verweise: Arcana Coelestia 343, 2566)