3560. 'Whether you are my son, or not' means that it was not natural good. This is clear from the doubt expressed in these words and those immediately following. And because the rational is that which perceives what the natural is, and the nature of it, a perception that it was not natural good, or 'Esau', is meant.

3541. 'On his hands' means according to the ability to receive. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3091, and so the ability to receive.