7440. For if thou let not My people go. That this signifies if they would not release them, is evident from the signification of “letting go,” as being to release; and from the signification of the “people of Jehovah,” as being those who are of the Lord’s spiritual church (as just above, n. 7439).

3317. And Esau came from the field. That this signifies the pursuit of the good of life, is evident from the representation of Esau, as being the good of life of natural truth (concerning which see n. 3300); and from the signification of “coming from the field,” as being the pursuit of good; for meditating in the field denotes cogitating in good (n. 3196), because a “field” denotes the good of the church (n. 2971).