3025. In the midst of whom I dwell. That this signifies things discordant in the maternal human which encompass, is evident from the signification of “dwelling in the midst,” here of the Canaanite, as referring to the things that are round about, or that encompass; and that these are in disagreement with truth is evident from what was said above respecting the signification of the “daughters of the Canaanite.” That these are the things which the Lord received hereditarily from the mother, and which He afterwards expelled when He made His Human Divine, is evident from what has been said and shown before on the same subject (see n. 1414, 1444, 1573, 2159, 2574, 2649).

2647. And was weaned. That this signifies the separation of the merely human rational, is evident from the signification of “being weaned,” as being to be separated, like infants from their mothers’ breasts. That the merely human rational was separated, is further described in this chapter, and is represented by Hagar’s son, in his being cast out of the house.