4020. 'And the flocks brought forth variegated, speckled, and spotted ones' means that as a consequence natural good itself possessed such things, from the intermediate good meant by Laban. This is clear from the meaning of 'bringing forth' as acknowledgement and a joining together, dealt with in 3911, 3915; from the meaning of 'variegated ones' as truths with which evils have been mingled, 4005; from the meaning of 'speckled ones' as goods with which evils have been mingled; and from the meaning of 'spotted ones' as truths with which falsities have been mingled, dealt with in 3993, 3995, 4005. These are the things meant here which passed from the good meant by 'Laban' to the good of natural truth represented by 'Jacob'.

3222. In addition to this, loves and the affections belonging to them are represented by means of flames, which are indescribably varied. Truths however are represented by means of lights and by means of countless modifications of light. From this it may be seen how it comes about that flames in the Word mean goods that are the goods of love, and lights truths that are the truths of faith.