3307. Verses 27-28 And the boys grew up, and Esau was a man skilled in hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob was a blameless man, dwelling in tents. And Isaac loved Esau because of the venison ¹ in his mouth; and Rebekah loved Jacob.

'The boys grew up' means the initial state. 'And Esau was a man skilled in hunting' means the good of life that has its origin in sensory truths and factual truths. 'A man of the field' means the good of life that has its origin in matters of doctrine. 'And Jacob was a blameless man' means truth. 'Dwelling in tents' means worship arising out of this. 'And Isaac loved Esau because of the venison in his mouth' means that the Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Rational loved the good of truth. 'And Rebekah loved Jacob' means that the Divine Truth of the Divine Rational loved the doctrine of truth.

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3252. 'A hundred and seventy-five years' means the things constituting that state. This becomes clear from the fact that every number used in the Word means some real thing, see 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, and so with this particular number which consequently means the things which constitute the state that is the subject here. As long as the mind confines itself to the historical sense it seems as though numbers, such as these ¹ which give Abraham's age, do not hold any interior meaning within them. The fact that they do nevertheless hold such meaning within them is evident from all that has been shown already concerning numbers, and becomes clear from the consideration that no number as to its numerical value contains anything holy, and yet the smallest detail of all in the Word is holy.

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