4340. 'Esau was coming' means Divine Natural Good. This is clear from the representation of 'Esau' as Divine Good within the natural, dealt with in 3576.

These verbs in the Bible indicate a conflict between two spiritual states, and the effort it takes to attain the higher state. It's easy to see this when facing temptation -- giving in is so easy to do that we have to urge and pressure ourselves to resist; we have to make it really important to ourselves. Such experiences can also come, though, as we advance from a good spiritual state to a better one -- it might mean letting go of some easy, comfortable, simple ideas in order to explore more challenging, nuanced ones, and it takes a level of urgency to accomplish that as well.

(Verweise: Arcana Coelestia 2338, 2406, 7964)