3414. And Abimelech said unto Isaac. That this signifies the Lord’s perception concerning that doctrine, is evident from the signification of “saying,” as being to perceive (concerning which frequently above); from the representation of Abimelech, who here is the king of the Philistines, as being that doctrine (n. 3365, 3391); and from the representation of Isaac, as being the Lord in respect to the Divine rational.

658. These three degrees, which in general are called those of man’s intellectual things, namely, understanding, reason, and memory-knowledge, are likewise signified, as before said, by the windows of the three stories of the temple at Jerusalem (1 Kings 6:4, 6, 8), and also as above by the rivers which went forth out of the Garden of Eden in the east. The “east” there signifies the Lord; “Eden” love, which is of the will; the “garden” intelligence thence derived; the “rivers” wisdom, reason, and memory-knowledge (concerning which see what was said before, Genesis 2:10-14).