To 'sweep the house,' as in Genesis 24:31, signifies preparing and being filled with goods, because all it takes for a person to do this is 'to sweep the house,' that is reject the lusts of evil, and the persuasions of falsity from them. In this way, a person is filled with goods, because good from the Lord continually flows in, but only into 'the house,' or a person clean of things that impede influx, by reflecting, perverting, or suffocating the inflowing good. This is why it was a common phrase among ancient people 'to sweep' or 'purge the house,' and 'to sweep and prepare the way.' 'Sweeping the house' was understood as purging themselves from evils, and so preparing themselves for the good coming in.

(Referenties: Arcana Coelestia 3142; Luke 11, 11:24-26, 24; Matthew 12, 12:43-45)

'Hittites' can also signify what is false, and 'Amorites' what is evil, as in Ezekiel 16:45.

'Hittites, Perizzites, and Rephaim,' as mentioned in Genesis 15:20, signify persuasions of false ideas.

'A Hittite' in a good sense, signifies the spiritual church, or the truth of the church. The Hittites were among the upright Gentiles in the land of Canaan.

(Referenties: Arcana Coelestia 2913, 3470)