'Haran,' as mentioned in Genesis 12:5, signifies an obscure state.

In Genesis 11:28, this signifies inward idolatrous worship.

In Genesis 28:10, this signifies external good and truth.

In Genesis 29:4, this signifies collateral good of a common stock.

(참조: Arcana Coelestia 1367, Genesis 11)

3550. 'I am Esau your firstborn' means that it believed itself to be natural good itself. This is clear from the representation of 'Esau' and from the meaning of 'firstborn' as good, and indeed natural good, represented by 'Esau'. For the truth which a person possesses prior to regeneration is believed by him to be good itself. People who have perception know that it is not good but truth appearing under the form of good; but those who do not have perception are not aware of any such difference, as will also be more evident from what follows below.