6732. 'And she saw the box in the middle of the weed' means a discernment of the crude form of truth among false factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing as discernment, dealt with in 2150, 3764, 4567, 4723, 5400; from the meaning of 'a box made of rush' as that which is crude but nevertheless is derived from truth, dealt with in 6723, thus a crude form of truth; and from the meaning of 'the weed' as false factual knowledge, dealt with in 6726, so that 'in the middle of the weed' means among that factual knowledge. Explanations of these meanings have been given above.

3664. 'Go to Paddan Aram' means the cognitions of such truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'Aram' or Syria as cognitions, dealt with in 1232, 1234, 3249. The reason 'Paddan Aram' means cognitions of truth is that it was situated in Syria of the [Two] Rivers, where Nahor, Bethuel, and Laban lived; for 'Syria' means the cognitions of truth, see 3051. Paddan Aram has also been referred to previously in 25:20, and is mentioned again in 31:18 below; and in those places too it means cognitions of truth.