4910. 'And she said, Acknowledge now to whom these belong, the seal and the cord and the rod' means that one could recognize it from the pledges. This is clear from the meaning of 'the seal, the cord, and the rod' as the pledges of a joining to the external or natural man, dealt with in 4874, 4887.

4887. 'To receive the pledge from the woman's hand' means instead of external pledges. This is clear from the meaning of 'the seal, cord, and rod', which were 'the pledge', as pledges of a joining to the external or natural man, and so as external pledges, dealt with in 4874.