3965. Verses 22-24 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her and opened her womb. And she conceived and bore a son, and she said, God has taken away ¹ my reproach. And she called his name Joseph, saying, May Jehovah add to me another son.

'God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her' means Foresight and Providence. 'And opened her womb' means the ability to receive and acknowledge. 'And she conceived and bore a son' means reception and acknowledgement. 'And she said, God has taken away my reproach. And she called his name Joseph, saying, May Jehovah add to me another son' in the highest sense means the Lord as regards the Divine Spiritual, in the internal sense the spiritual kingdom or the good of faith, and in the external sense salvation, also fruitfulness and multiplication.

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