2711. Verse 21. And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. “He dwelt in the wilderness of Paran,” signifies the life of the spiritual man as to good; the “wilderness” here as before is what is relatively obscure; “Paran” is illumination from the Lord’s Divine Human; “and his mother took him,” signifies the affection of truth; “a wife out of the land of Egypt,” signifies the affection of memory-knowledges which the man of the spiritual church has.