4367. 'And Jacob said, No, I beg of you' means the birth of that affection. This becomes clear from what has been stated immediately above, that is to say, that the refusal to accept a gift instills affection, which is manifested here in his saying 'No, I beg of you'. From this it is evident that the birth of an affection is meant here.

2361. Verse 8 Behold now, I have two daughters, who have not known a man; let me now bring them out to you and you may do to them as is good in your eyes; only do nothing to those men, for they have come under the shadow of my roof.

'Behold now, I have two daughters, who have not known a man' means the affections for good and for truth. 'Let me now bring them out to you' means blessedness from these. 'And you may do to them as is good in your eyes' means enjoyment insofar as they perceived them to come from good. 'Only do nothing to those men' means that they were to do no violence to the Lord's Divine Human and His Holy proceeding. 'For they have come under the shadow of my roof' means that the good of charity exists with them, 'shadow of the roof' meaning within a general obscure [perception] of that good.