3933. 'And Zilpah, Leah's servant-girl, bore Jacob a son' means acknowledgement, that is to say, of external truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'bearing' as acknowledgement; from the meaning of 'a servant-girl' as an affirmative means joining two together; and from the meaning of 'a son' as truth, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147.

6010. 'And Jacob rose up' means an enlightening of natural truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'rising up' as a raising up into a state of light, thus an enlightening, dealt with in 4881; and from the representation of 'Jacob' as natural truth, dealt with above in 6001.