3587. 'And Jacob had only just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father' means the development and the change that took place in this state. This is clear from the meaning of 'going out from the presence of' as the point when the things which Jacob represented came to an end, and so when the state underwent change, for now the subject has to do with Esau, and in the internal sense with the way in which the good of the natural, as stated above, comes to the fore from its inmost position and manifests itself, and - once reformation has been carried out through the services rendered by truth - has dominion.