3975. For whom I have served thee. That this signifies from His own power, is evident from the signification of “serving,” as being labor and study (n. 3824, 3846), and which when predicated of the Lord, signifies His own power; for from His own power the Lord procured for Himself Divine goods and Divine truths, and made His Human Divine (see n. 1616, 1749, 1755, 1921, 2025, 2026, 2083, 2500, 2523, 2632, 2816, 3382).

3846. And we will give thee her also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. That this signifies that then there would be a full state of study, is evident from the signification of “service” and of “serving,” as being study (see n. 3824); and from the signification of “seven years,” as being the same as a “week,” namely, a state and an entire period, as above (n. 3845); thus a full state, which is also holy (n. 3824). This expression, “we will give thee her also,” signifies that then there would be conjunction with the affection of internal truth. The reason why in the internal sense “serving” is study, is that the labor of the external man is study in the internal man. Hence study is called a labor of the mind.