4436. 'And Shechem spoke to Hamor his father' means thought from truth among the Ancients. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking' in the historical descriptions in the Word as perception and consequent thought, dealt with in 3395, and from the representation of 'Shechem the son of Hamor' as truth among the Ancients, dealt with in 4430, 4431. From this it is evident that 'Shechem spoke to Hamor his father' means thought from truth among the Ancients.

3395. 'And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Perhaps I may die because of her' means that it would not be received. This is clear from what has been stated above in 3387, at the words 'for he was afraid to say, My wife, [thinking,] The men of the place may perhaps kill me on account of Rebekah'. More plainly than anywhere else 'saying' here means perceiving and thinking.