4547. 'And I will make there an altar to the God' means the holiness by which interior things are enveloped. This is clear from the meaning of 'making an altar to God' as the holiness of worship, dealt with above in 4541. The reason for saying 'by which interior things are enveloped' is that the altar was to be made in Bethel, to which place 'there' refers here, and 'Bethel' means the natural by which interior things are enveloped, see above in 4539.

2912. 'Abraham rose up' means a raising up. This is clear from the meaning of 'rising up' as implying some kind of raising up, dealt with in 2401, 2785, here a raising up from grief, for a new Church was about to be established in place of the previous one that perished.

[2912a] 'From before his dead' means in that [state of] night. This is clear from the meaning of 'dying', 'death', and 'one who has died' as night as regards the state of the Church, dealt with above in 2908.