3202. 'Rebekah lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac' means a reciprocal directing by the affection for truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'lifting up the eyes and seeing' as directing the attention, dealt with above in 3198, here a reciprocal directing because it has been said already of Isaac that he 'lifted up his eyes and saw', and now here it is said of Rebekah that she 'lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac'; and from the representation of 'Rebekah' as the affection for truth, often dealt with already.

2829. As regards 'Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw' meaning the Lord's thought and insight received from the Divine, see above in 2789 where the same words occur. This thought and insight from the Divine is a thought and insight into every single thing that will ever take place, in keeping with the Divine Providence.