1187. 'He built Nineveh, and Rehoboth city, and Calah' means that in this way they formulated for themselves doctrinal teachings concerning faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'Nineveh and Rehoboth and Calah', to be dealt with in the paragraphs following immediately after this, and from the meaning of 'a city' in the Word, as doctrine, true or heretical, as shown already in 402.

5942. 'And I will give you the good of the land of Egypt' means the possession of factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as factual knowledge, dealt with in 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, 4749, 4964, 4966, 5700; and from the meaning of 'giving the good of that land' as possession, for in giving the possession of a thing one gives the good of it, and in giving the good one gives the possession.