4239. ‘Misit Jacob nuntios coram se ad Esau fratrem suum’: quod significet communicationem primam cum bono caelesti, constat a significatione ‘mittere nuntios’ quod sit communicare; et a repraesentatione ‘Esavi’ quod sit bonum caeleste in naturali, de qua n. 3300, 3302, 3494, 3504, 3527, 3576, 3599, 3669. Agitur hic, ut supra n. 4234 ¹ dictum, de conjunctione veri Divini Naturalis, quod est ‘Jacob’, cum bono Divino ibi, quod est ‘Esau’; quare primum de illustratione Naturalis a Divino actum est, n. 4235; hic nunc de communicatione prima, quae significatur per quod ‘Jacob miserit nuntios ad Esavum fratrem’; quod etiam in Verbo bonum et verum sint ‘fratres’, videatur n. 367, 3303.

Footnotes:

'Thirty' has a twofold significance because it is is the product of five and six, and also three and ten. From five multiplied by six, it signifies some aspect of combat, because 'five' signifies some part or aspect, and 'six,' combat. From three multiplied by ten, it signifies something full of remains of good and truth, because 'three' signifies fullness, and 'ten,' remains of good and truth. A composite number involves the same as the simple numbers it has as its factors.

(References: 2 Samuel 5:4; Arcana Coelestia 5335; Luke 3, 3:23, 23; Numbers 4:3, 4:23, 4:30)