6264. And lo God hath made me see thy seed also. That this signifies that not only was the influx of love perceived, but also good and truth thence derived, is evident from the representation of Manasseh and Ephraim, who here are the “seed,” as being the good of the will and the truth of the intellectual (see n. 5354, 6222); and also from the signification of “seed,” as also being good and truth (n. 1610, 2848, 3310, 3373, 3671); and because it is said, “I had not thought to see thy faces, and lo God hath made me see thy seed also,” it is signified that not only was the influx of love perceived, but also the good and truth thence derived; for by “seeing the faces” is signified the influx of love (n. 6263).

3620. I loathe my life because of the daughters of Heth. That this signifies the adjunction of natural truth from another source, is evident from the signification of “loathing one’s life,” as being no adjunction, namely, of natural truth to the truth of the rational, for when there is not adjunction, then to the rational its life appears as if it were no life, as may be seen from what was said above (n. 3493); and from the signification of the “daughters of Heth,” as being the affections of truth from what is not genuine; here, the affections of natural truth, because spoken of Jacob, by whom natural truth is represented, as before shown. (That “daughters” are affections may be seen above, n. 2362; and that “Heth” or “Hittite” is truth from what is not genuine, n. 3470.) Hence it is evident that by “I loathe my life because of the daughters of Heth,” is signified that there could be no adjunction of the natural through truth which is not from what is genuine; thus that there must be the adjunction of natural truth from another source.

The adjunction of natural truth is treated of in what follows, where mention is made of Jacob’s stay with Laban, namely, that truths from a common stock were adjoined thereto; and by the truths which the daughters of Heth represent, because they were not from that stock, no adjunction could be effected, since there was disparity and discordance; for by the sons of Heth is represented the spiritual church among the Gentiles (n. 2913, 2986), in which, as they have not the Word, the truths are not from that origin.