3261. 'And Isaac dwelt in ¹ Beer Lahai Roi' means the Lord's Divine Rational dwelling in Divine light. This is clear from the meaning of 'dwelling' as living, dealt with in 1293, and from the meaning of 'Beer Lahai Roi' as Divine Rational Good born from Divine Truth itself, dealt with in 3194. Consequently the proximate sense is that the Divine Rational lived or existed along with, but not actually in Divine Good that was born from Divine Truth itself. This explains why it is not said 'in' but 'with' Beer Lahai Roi, which when translated means, With the Spring of the Living One who sees me; that is, With that Divine Good. Actually Isaac dwelt in the land of the south, according to the following statement made in Verse 62 of the previous chapter, 'And Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, and was dwelling in the land of the south'. And because in that verse 'the land of the south' means Divine light radiating from that Good, 3195, it has no other meaning here.

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3193. Verses 62-63 And Isaac had come from ¹ Beer Lahai Roi, and was dwelling in the land of the south. And Isaac came out to meditate in the field towards evening, and lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, the camels were coming.

'Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi' means Divine Rational Good born from Divine Truth itself. 'And was dwelling in the land of the south' means consequently in Divine light. 'And Isaac came out to meditate in the field' means a state of the Rational immersed in good. 'Towards evening' means as compared with the things below it. 'And lifted up his eyes and saw' means directing the attention. 'And behold, the camels were coming' means towards general facts in the natural man.

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