9464. Gold, and silver. That this signifies internal good and truth in general, is evident from the signification of “gold,” as being good, and of “silver,” as being truth (see n. 113, 151, 1552, 2954, 5658, 6112, 6914, 6917, 8932). That internal good and truth are meant is because by “brass,” which follows, is signified external good.

151. Verse 22. And the rib which Jehovah God had taken from the man He built into a woman, and brought her to the man. By to “build” is signified to raise up what has fallen; by the “rib” man’s Own not vivified; by a “woman” man’s own vivified by the Lord; by “He brought her to the man” that what is his own was granted him. The posterity of this church did not wish, like their parents, to be a celestial man, but to be under their own self-guidance; and, thus inclining to their Own, it was granted to them, but still an Own vivified by the Lord, and therefore called a “woman” and afterwards a “wife.”