3922. 'And has given me a son' means that this truth was acknowledged. This is clear from the meaning of 'a son' as truth, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, and from the meaning of 'giving a son' as giving this truth, which is the same as acknowledging it since every truth that is acknowledged is a gift from the Lord. 'Giving a son' also implies the same as 'bearing', and 'bearing' means acknowledging, see 3905, 3915, 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.