6762. 'And hid him in the sand' means that he banished it to where falsities were. This is clear from the meaning of 'hiding' as banishing; and from the meaning of 'the sand' as true factual knowledge, or in the contrary sense false factual knowledge. The reason why these are meant by 'the sand' is that 'stone', from which the sand is formed, has both those meanings, 1298, 7720, 3769, 3771, 3773, 3789, 3798, 6426. Truth is meant by 'the sand' in Moses, Zebulun and Issachar will call peoples to the mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness, because they will suck the plentifulness of the sea, and the hidden treasures of the secrets of the sand. Deuteronomy 33:18-19.

'Calling peoples to the mountain' stands for acting so that truths may become forms of good, or faith become charity; for 'peoples' are the truths of faith, and 'the mountain' is the good of charity. 'Offering sacrifices of righteousness' stands for worship that springs from charity, 'sucking the plentifulness of the sea' for abounding in true factual knowledge, and 'the hidden treasures of the secrets of the sand' for the arcana concealed within true factual knowledge. Now since 'the sand' means true factual knowledge, it also means in the contrary sense false factual knowledge; for the majority of things in the Word also have a contrary meaning, and what that contrary meaning is like may be recognized from the genuine one. With regard to the explanation here, a banishment among falsities - which are meant by 'he hid him in the sand' - the situation is this: When hellish spirits who are steeped in falsities have been in the world of spirits, trying to destroy the truths present with those undergoing temptation, they are after that relegated to hells from which they cannot ever again come out. Very many experiences have allowed me to know of this. An operation such as this is what is meant by a relegation to a place among falsities.

3798. That Jacob came near and rolled the stone from over the mouth of the well' means that the Lord, by virtue of natural good, disclosed the interior contents of the Word. This is clear from the representation of 'Jacob' as the Lord's Divine Natural, dealt with already, here as regards the good in it, and from the meaning of 'rolling the stone from over the mouth of the well' as disclosing the interior contents of the Word, dealt with in 3769, 3771, 3773, 3789. The reason why the highest sense here means that the Lord by virtue of natural good disclosed the interior contents of the Word is that 'Jacob' here represents good within the Natural. For Jacob takes on the representation of good because truth had now to be allied to it through the affection which 'Rachel' represents, see just above in 3775, 3793; and it is by virtue of good that the interior contents of the Word are disclosed, 3773.

[2] It is plainly evident that the Word is disclosed by virtue of good. Everyone looks from the love present in him at the things that belong to that love; and what he sees he calls truths because these are in harmony with it. Everyone's love holds the light of his life within it, for love is like a flame which radiates light. The nature of a person's love or flame therefore determines that of the light of truth with him. Those who are stirred by a love of good are able to see the things belonging to that love, and so to see the truths that are in the Word. They do so according to the amount and the quality of their love of good, for light or intelligence flows in from heaven, that is, from the Lord by way of heaven. This is why, as already stated, no one is able to see and acknowledge the interior contents of the Word except one whose life is governed by good.