2673. Abraham rose early in the morning. That this signifies the Lord’s clear perception from the Divine, is evident from the signification of “morning,” and of “rising early,” as being to perceive clearly (se e above, n. 2540, where the same words occur); and from the representation of Abraham, as being the Lord’s Divine (shown often before). The Lord had a clear perception from the Divine concerning the state of His spiritual kingdom; namely, what they who are of that kingdom or of that church are in the beginning, what they are successively, and what they at length become; for all their state is accurately and fully described in the internal sense, from verse 13 to verse 21 of this chapter.