4428. 'The daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob' means in things that are external. This is clear from the representation of 'Leah' as the affection for external truth, dealt with in 3793, 3819, and from the representation of 'Jacob' in the highest sense as the Lord as regards the Divine Truth of the Natural, dealt with in 3305, 3509, 3525, 3546, 3576, 4234, 4273, 4337, and in the relative sense as the external Church, or what amounts to the same, the external aspect of the Church, dealt with in 3305, 4286. From all this it is evident that 'the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob' means the affection for truth in things that are external.

3525. 'Jacob said to Rebekah his mother' means the Lord's perception from Divine Truth concerning natural truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' in historical narratives of the Word as perceiving, dealt with in 3509, from the representation of 'Jacob' as natural truth, dealt with in 3305, and from the representation of 'Rebekah' as the Divine Truth of the Lord's Divine Rational, dealt with in 3012, 3013, 3077. The reason why perception from Divine Truth concerning natural truth is the meaning and not, as appears to be the case from the sense of the letter, from natural truth concerning Divine Truth, is that all perception which the natural possesses originates in the rational. Here, therefore, since the subject has reference to the Lord, perception originating in the Divine Truth of the Divine Rational is meant.