'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. 'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection.

See Obedience.

(参照: Arcana Coelestia 3684)

3925. 'Bilhah, Rachel's servant-girl, conceived again and bore' means reception and acknowledgement. This is clear from the meaning of 'conceiving' as reception, and from the meaning of 'bearing' as acknowledgement, dealt with above in 3919; and also from the meaning of 'a servant-girl' as a subservient means, also dealt with above, in 3913, 3917. For here the second subservient general means by which the internal man is joined to the external is the subject.