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.

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

924. Verse 21 And Jehovah smelled the odour of rest, and Jehovah said in His heart, I will curse the ground no more on account of man, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his childhood. And I will no more strike every living thing, as I have done.

'Jehovah smelled the odour of rest' means that worship stemming from these was pleasing to the Lord. 'And Jehovah said in His heart' means that it would never happen again. 'I will curse the ground no more' means that never again would man thus turn himself away. 'On account of man' means as the people who belonged to the descendants of the Most Ancient Church had done. 'For the imagination of man's heart is evil from his childhood' means that the will part of man's mind is totally evil. 'I will no more strike every living thing, as I have done' means that man would never again be able to destroy himself in that way.