3950. 'And Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come [in] to me' means a desire on the part of the affection for external truth to be joined to that good. This becomes clear from the representation of 'Leah' as the affection for external truth, dealt with above. That a desire to be joined to it is meant is evident without explanation.

3829. 'Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife' means that general good was now to be joined to the affection for interior truth. This is clear from the representation of 'Jacob' as the good of the natural, dealt with already, in this case general good because the things that constitute the natural are general in comparison with internal things. For countless things flow in from the internal man into the natural or external man where they manifest themselves as a general whole, the more so when the particular things that make up general wholes have not yet been received, as is the case here. This is why the good which 'Jacob' represents is now called general good. The joining of this good to the affection for interior truth is clearly meant, for Rachel, to whom 'my wife' refers here, represents the affection for interior truth, as shown above.