3585. Verses 30-33 And so it was, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had only just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. And he too made savoury food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat from his son's venison, so that your soul may bless me. And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn, Esau. And Isaac trembled very greatly, and he said, Who then is he who has hunted venison and brought it to me, and I have eaten from all of it before you came in, and have blessed him? Indeed, he will be blessed!

'And so it was, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob' means when the first joining together had accordingly been effected. 'And Jacob had only just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father' means the development and the change that took place in this state. 'That Esau his brother came in from his hunting' means truth acquired from good and its arrival. 'And he too made savoury food, and brought it to his father' means things that were desirable and delightful to the Divine Rational. 'And he said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat from his son's venison' means so that it might make truth acquired from natural good its own. 'So that your soul may bless me' means so that it might join itself to this. 'And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn, Esau' means a state of perception concerning natural good and concerning truth from that good. 'And Isaac trembled very greatly' means the great change that accompanied the inversion of state. 'And he said, Who then is he who has hunted venison and brought it to me' means questioning regarding that truth. 'And I have eaten from all of it before you came in' means which had been made its own. 'And have blessed him? Indeed, he will be blessed!' means that it was indeed joined to it.