3970. Verses 25-26. And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, and I will go to my place, and to my land. Give me my females, and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I will go; for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee. “And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph,” signifies the acknowledgment of the spiritual represented by Joseph; “that Jacob said unto Laban,” signifies the good of natural truth to the collateral good from a Divine origin, by means of which there is a conjunction of the interiors; “send me away, and I will go to my place, and to my land,” signifies that there was then a longing of the natural represented by Jacob, for a state of conjunction with the Divine of the rational; “give me my females,” signifies that the affections of truth belonged to the natural; “and my children,” signifies that so did the truths thence derived; “for whom I have served thee,” signifies from His own power; “and I will go,” signifies conjunction with the Divine rational; “for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee,” signifies labor and study by His own power.