3925. And she conceived again, and Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid bare. That this signifies reception and acknowledgment, is evident from the signification of “conceiving,” as being reception; and from the signification of “bearing,” as being acknowledgment (n. 3319); and also from the signification of “handmaid,” as being a subserving means (n. 3913, 3917); for the subject here is a second general means that is of service for the conjunction of the internal man with the external.

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.