10651. And thou take of his daughters for thy sons. That this signifies the conjunction of the affections of evil with truths, is evident from the signification of “taking,” when said of marriage, as being to be conjoined; from the signification of “daughters,” as being the affections of good, and in the opposite sense the affections of evil (see n. 2362, 3963); and from the signification of “sons,” as being truths (n. 489, 491, 533, 1147, 3373, 4257, 9807, 10490).

533. As nothing more is related concerning Lamech than that he begat sons and daughters, which are the conceptions and births of such a church, we shall dwell no longer on the subject. What the births were, or the “sons and daughters” appears from the church; for such as is the church, such are the births from it. Both the churches called “Methuselah” and “Lamech” expired just before the flood.