Hearken
'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. 'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection.
See Obedience.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 3684)
Heaven and Hell #14
14. The Divine in heaven which makes heaven is love, because love is spiritual conjunction. It conjoins angels to the Lord and conjoins them to one another, so conjoining them, that, in the Lord's sight, they are all as one. Moreover, love is the very being (esse) of life with everyone, consequently it is from love that both angels and men have their life. Everyone who considers the matter may know that the inmost vitality of man is from love, for he grows warm from its presence, cold from its absence and, deprived of it, he dies. 1 But it ought to be known that each one's life is in accordance with the love he has.
Footnotes:
1. [Swedenborg's footnote] Love is the fire of life, and life itself is actually therefrom (Arcana Coelestia 4906, 5071, 6032, 6314).
