9345. 'They shall not dwell in your land' means that evils must not exist together with the Church's forms of good. This is clear from the meaning of the inhabitants, to whom the words 'they shall not dwell in your land' refer, as evils, dealt with above in 9342; from the meaning of 'dwelling' as living, dealt with in 1293, 3384, 3613, and of 'dwelling with someone' as living or existing together, 4451; and from the meaning of 'land' as the Church in respect of good, thus also the Church's good, dealt with in 9325.

3613. 'And stay with him for a few days' means in that which was subsequent. This is clear from the meaning of 'staying' as being similar to dwelling, and so as living, dealt with in 1293, 2268, 2451, 2712, 3384 - though 'staying' has reference to the life of truth when accompanied by good, and 'dwelling' to the life of good when accompanied by truth; and from the meaning of 'days' as periods of time and states, dealt with in 23, 487, 488, 493, 2788, 3462. So it is the life belonging to periods of time and states that follow, to what is subsequent therefore, that is meant here by staying with him for a few days. This subsequent stage, or Jacob's staying with Laban, is dealt with in the chapters that follow.