38. Verse 18 And to have dominion over the day and the night, and to make a distinction between the light and the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

'The day' is used to mean good, and 'the night' evil. Consequently goods are called 'the works of the day', whereas evils are called 'the works of the night'. 'The light' is used to mean truth, and 'the darkness' falsity, just as the Lord says,

Men preferred darkness rather than light; he who does the truth comes to the light. John 3:19-21.

Verse 19 And there was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.

3369. 'Sojourn in this land' means instruction. This is clear from the meaning of 'sojourning' as receiving instruction, ¹ dealt with in 1463, 2025, and from the meaning here of 'land' as rational concepts which, when enlightened from the Divine, are appearances of truth, dealt with immediately above in 3368, so that 'sojourning in this land' means instruction in those things.

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