3933. And Zilpah Leah’s handmaid bore Jacob a son. That this signifies the acknowledgment of external truth, is evident from the signification of “bearing,” as being acknowledgment; from the signification of a “handmaid,” as being an affirmative conjoining means; and from the signification of a “son,” as being truth (n. 489, 491, 533, 1147).

3917. And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for a woman. That this signifies that the affirmative means was adjoined, is evident from the representation of Bilhah, and from the signification of “handmaid,” as being an affirmative means (n. 3913); and from the signification of “giving for a woman,” as being to adjoin.