6735. 'And she opened it, and saw him, the child' means an investigation to find out what it was like, and the discernment that it was truth originating in the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'opening as investigating to find out what it was like, for one who opens something to see what it is and what it is like is investigating it; from the meaning of 'seeing' as discernment, dealt with just above in 6732; and from the representation of Moses, to whom 'the child' refers here, as the law of God or God's truth, dealt with below, thus truth originating in the Divine.

6732. 'And she saw the box in the middle of the weed' means a discernment of the crude form of truth among false factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing as discernment, dealt with in 2150, 3764, 4567, 4723, 5400; from the meaning of 'a box made of rush' as that which is crude but nevertheless is derived from truth, dealt with in 6723, thus a crude form of truth; and from the meaning of 'the weed' as false factual knowledge, dealt with in 6726, so that 'in the middle of the weed' means among that factual knowledge. Explanations of these meanings have been given above.