'Wilderness' signifies something with little life in it, as described in the internal sense in Luke 1:80 'Wilderness' signifies somewhere there is no good because there is no truth. 'Wilderness,' as in Jeremiah 23:10, signifies the Word when it is adulterated.

(参照: Arcana Coelestia 1927)

1456. Verse 9 And Abram travelled, going on and travelling, towards the south.

'Abram travelled, going on and travelling' means further advance. 'Towards the south' means into goods and truths, thus into a state that is bright as regards interior things.