3955. 'And she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son' means reception and acknowledgement. This is clear from the meaning of 'conceiving' as receiving, and of 'bearing' as acknowledgement, dealt with above in 3860, 3868, 3905, 3911, 3919.

3912. Verses 3-5 And she said, Behold, my maidservant Bilhah; go [in] to her, and let her bear [a child] upon my knees, and I too shall be built up from her. And she gave him Bilhah her servant-girl as his wife, and Jacob went [in] to her. And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

'She said, Behold, my maidservant Bilhah' means the affirming means, which has its place between natural truth and interior truth. 'Go [in] to her' means that with this means there exists the ability to effect a joining together. 'And let her bear [a child] upon my knees' means acknowledgement by the affection for interior truth, in which affection the joining together begins. 'And I too shall be built up from her' means that in this way it has life. 'And she gave him Bilhah her servant-girl as his wife' means that a link with the affirmative means was established. 'And Jacob went [in] to her' means a joining to it. 'And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son' means reception and acknowledgement.