3955. 'And she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son' means reception and acknowledgement. This is clear from the meaning of 'conceiving' as receiving, and of 'bearing' as acknowledgement, dealt with above in 3860, 3868, 3905, 3911, 3919.

3919. 'And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son' means reception and acknowledgement. This is clear from the meaning of 'conceiving' as reception, and from the meaning of 'bearing' as acknowledgement, dealt with in 3860, 3868, 3905, 3911. For in the spiritual sense conceptions and births are receptions of truth from good, and consequent acknowledgements.