4238. Vers. 3-5. Et misit Jacob nuntios coram se ad Esau fratrem suum terram Seir, agrum Edomi. Et praecepit illis dicendo, Ita dicetis domino meo Esavo, Ita dicit servus tuus Jacob, Cum Labane peregrinatus sum, et moratus usque nunc. Et fuit mihi bos et asinus, grex et servus et ancilla, et mitto ad indicandum domino meo ad inveniendum gratiam in oculis tuis. ‘Misit Jacob nuntios coram se ad Esau fratrem suum’ significat communicationem primam cum bono caelesti: ‘terram Seir’ significat bonum caeleste naturale: ‘agrum Edomi’ significat verum inde: ‘et praecepit illis dicendo, Ita dicetis domino meo Esavo’ significat agnitionem primam boni quod superiore loco esset: ‘Cum Labane peregrinatus sum, et moratus usque nunc’ significat quod imbuerit bonum per Labanem significatum: ‘et fuit mihi bos et asinus, grex et servus et ancilla’ significat acquisitiones suo ordine ibi: ‘et mitto ad indicandum domino meo ad inveniendum gratiam in oculis tuis’ significat instructionem de statu suo, et quoque condescendentiam et humiliationem veri coram bono.

'Thirty' has a twofold significance because it is is the product of five and six, and also three and ten. From five multiplied by six, it signifies some aspect of combat, because 'five' signifies some part or aspect, and 'six,' combat. From three multiplied by ten, it signifies something full of remains of good and truth, because 'three' signifies fullness, and 'ten,' remains of good and truth. A composite number involves the same as the simple numbers it has as its factors.

(Referencias: 2 Samuel 5:4; Arcana Coelestia 5335; Luke 3, 3:23, 23; Numbers 4:3, 4:23, 4:30)