3800. 'And Jacob kissed Rachel' means love directed towards interior truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'kissing' as a uniting and joining together resulting from affection, dealt with in 3573, 3574, and therefore as love since love regarded in itself is a uniting and joining together resulting from affection; and from the representation of 'Rachel' as the affection for interior truth, dealt with in 3793. From this it is evident that 'Jacob kissed Rachel' means love directed towards interior truths.

3794. 'Which was her father's' means from good in origin. This is clear from the representation of Laban, to whom 'father' refers here, as a parallel good springing from a common stock, dealt with in 3612, 3665, 3778, and also from the meaning of 'father' as good, dealt with in 3703.