'Wilderness' signifies something with little life in it, as described in the internal sense in Luke 1:80 'Wilderness' signifies somewhere there is no good because there is no truth. 'Wilderness,' as in Jeremiah 23:10, signifies the Word when it is adulterated.

(Referenties: Arcana Coelestia 1927)

In Genesis 28:12, this signifies foresight – for prophetic dreams were predictions of things to come. (Arcana Coelestia 3698)

A dream, as in Genesis 20:3, signifies something being somewhat obscure.

(Referenties: Arcana Coelestia 2514; Exodus 3, 20)