3430. Verses 22-23 And he moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not dispute over that; and he called the name of it Rehoboth, and said, Because now Jehovah has made room for us and we shall be fruitful in the land. And he went up from there to Beersheba.

'He moved on from there' means moving on to things lower still. 'And dug another well, and they did not dispute over that' means the literal sense of the Word. 'And he called the name of it Rehoboth' means the essential nature of the truth from there. 'And said, Because now Jehovah has made room for us' means increases of truth from there. 'And we shall be fruitful in the land' means increases of good from there. 'And he went up from there to Beersheba' means that the Divine doctrine of faith came from there.

144. As to 'calling by name' meaning recognizing their nature, it must be realized that the ancients understood nothing else by 'a name than the essential nature of a real thing, and by 'seeing and calling them by name' recognizing the nature of such. This was why they gave their sons and daughters names in keeping with the things that were meant by them; for there was something unique to every name, as a means of knowing the origin and nature of those children, as will also be seen later on where, in the Lord's Divine mercy, the twelve sons of Jacob are dealt with. Since therefore a name embodied a person's origin and nature nothing else was meant by 'calling by name'. This manner of speaking was customary among them; but anyone who does not understand is sure to wonder whether they do have these meanings.