2651. 'And Sarah saw' means the Lord's insight from the Divine spiritual. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing' as understanding, dealt with in 897, 2150, 2325, which is the same as seeing with the mind's eye; and from the representation of 'Sarah' as the Divine spiritual or Divine Truth, dealt with in 2622. 'Sarah saw' means that the Divine spiritual had insight, which is the same as saying that the Lord had such insight from the Divine spiritual.

2150. 'And he saw' means when He recognized this. This is clear from the meaning in the internal sense of 'seeing' as understanding and recognizing, and also of becoming enlightened, dealt with in 1584. Nothing is more common in the Word than for 'seeing' to have such meanings Here the meaning is that He recognized the presence of perception from the Divine, as just stated.