2528. 'God said to him in the dream' means a perception that was less obscure. This is clear from what has been stated and explained above in 2514. The reason why in this chapter the name 'God' is used but not 'Jehovah', except in the last verse, is that spiritual matters, that is, matters of doctrine concerning faith, are the subject. For when spiritual matters are referred to, the name 'God' is used, but when celestial matters, that is, love and charity, are dealt with, the name Jehovah' is used, see 709, 732, 2001.

733. Verse 6 And Noah was a son of six hundred years, and a flood of waters came to be over the earth.

'Noah was a son of six hundred years' means his initial state of temptation. 'A flood of waters over the earth' means the onset of temptation.